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HER Number:MDV103519
Name:Barrow West of Shorstone Farm

Summary

A cropmark mound is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and is interpreted as a prehistoric barrow. It may be part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery on this spur of land.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 254 174
Map Sheet:SS21NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWelcombe
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWELCOMBE

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Cropmarks of mounds forming part of a probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery to west of Shorstone Farm

Other References/Statuses

  • MORPH: DE.122.4.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4016-4017 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.


Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.

One medium size oblong feature. Visible as a cropmark mound and transcribed from aerial photographs taken in 1946. Interpreted as a prehistoric barrow.


Knight, S., 2012, Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV350734.

This may be part of a larger barrow cemetery on this spur of land.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349050Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4016-4017 12-OCT-1946. [Mapped feature: #63024 ]
SDV350734Interpretation: Knight, S.. 2012. Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project. Digital.
SDV350748Archive - Survey: Cornwall County Council. 2002. Cornwall National Mapping Programme.

Associated Monuments

MDV103520Related to: Mound West of Shorstone Farm (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 20 2012 12:36PM

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