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Summary

Mound at Bicton.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018056: Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church
• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow planted with yew tree south west of St Mary's Church

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08NE/27
• Old SAM County Ref: 60E
• Old SAM Ref: 29657

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Lower Palaeolithic to XXI - 698000 BC to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Unknown, MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA (Migrated Record). SDV331.

Vis=est -/12/1997 (salvatore) at sy07348567. Flat-topped mound surmounting a near-vertical rim about 2.5m in height which is found around entire circumference. Diam 15m. No sign of surrounding ditch. Ploughing around base may have contributed to its steep-sided profile, or it may have been modified as a tree clump enclosure. At time of visit a large, mature pine was growing from the centre and the barrow was fenced off from surrounding pasture field (mpp).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115203.

Mound at bicton.

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV115204.

Vis=-/6/1923 (ancient monuments) possible barrow southeast of bicton church. The mound is, however, probably artificial.

NMR, CITING OS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV115208.

Vis=6/10/1989 (os) a prominent round mound situated at sy07348562 on a low hill se of bicton church. It is fenced off from the surrounding grassland. The mound is near-circular with a diam of 15.5m and a height of at least 2.5m. It has steep sides, with a slight change in the severity of slope towards the perimeter. The top is small and flattish and is crowned by a single, mature tree. The mound appeard to be made up of the local red sand and pebble topsoil. It is scheduled as a tumulus, but at a slightly erroneous ngr sy073858. Depicted but not described on os 1/12500 1956 (nmr, citing os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115210.

Osa=sy08ne8.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115211.

Des=robinson, r. /list of fmw visits/(19/1/1983)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115212.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)28.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115213.

Des=mpp/144416.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=13/7/1953 (os) tree-planted mound with outward appearance of bronze age bowl barrow standing undisturbed in agricultural land. Fine yew growing centrally. Possible memorial.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2009 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Mound to southeast of Bicton Church c. 2.5m high x c. 15m diameter. May be barrow modified as tree enclosure. Scheduled Monument.
SMR.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 88 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems. Declining. Principal vulnerability arable clipping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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