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Summary

A cropmark mound with hollow on its south side is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and is interpreted as prehistoric in date. It may be associated with other mounds and probable barrows on this spur of land.

Location

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.122.5.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOUND (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 with a hollow on the south side and transcribed from aerial photographs taken in 1946. Interpreted as a prehistoric feature.

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

This may be the remains of a Bronze Age burial mound, perhaps part of a larger cemetery on this spur of land.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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