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Summary

Barrow 13 metres northwest-southeast by 9.5 metres northeast-southwest by 1 metre high. Visible as an earthwork mound on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014247: A bowl barrow 420m NNW of Ring-in-the-Mire, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Gittisham Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19NE/36
• Old SAM Ref: 27402

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99275.

2/11/1992 (simpson + noble) bracken covered. Stable. Some young trees on mound (simpson + noble).

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99276.

Estimated -/-/1995 (ancient monuments) bowl barrow 12m in diam, c.1m high as seen from sw, composed of dark soil + flinty stones up to 20cm in size. Does not appear to have had a ditch.

AM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99277.

A rounded pit 2.5m in diam has been cut into the lower part of the w side, and is now overgrown. Tangential to e side is a 1m deep drainage ditch adjacent to a field bank. Part of the upcast from this ditch forms a slight bank overlying the edge of the mound (am).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99279.

Osa=sy19ne1/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99280.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)36 no 6.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99281.

Simpson, s. J. + noble, s. /archaeological survey and management study of areas on gittisham hill, farway hill, and broad down, east devon/(1993)14/(emafu report 93.38).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

-/4/1957(os) a mound of uncertain date and function, 27 feet diameter, 4 feet high.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, 24, Part 1; 131, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 311 (Report - Survey). SDV101648.

Barrow 13 metres northwest-southeast by 9.5 metres northeast-southwest by 1 metre high. Semi circular pit (noted in SMR 1975) 3.5 metres northwest- southeast by 2 metres northeast-southwest on west side. Mound seems slightly smaller than previously recorded, and may be being eroded on southwest side by encroaching trackway. Mature trees on southwest side of barrow.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 311 (Archive - Survey). SDV358490.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 311 (Report - Survey). SDV359019.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 545 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Barrow 12 metres diameter by circa 1 metre high. Scheduled Monument.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 91 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems. Declining. Principal vulnerability scrub/tree growth.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1596 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016, 04-MAY-2016 and 27-JUN-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

An earthwork mound is visible.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

The barrow is visible as an oval shaped earthwork mound circa 12m by 9m on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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