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Summary

One of two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south-west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill. Visible as a circular earthwork mound on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010272: Two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 134679
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/18
• Old SAM County Ref: 129L
• Old SAM Ref: 24958
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SY19SE26

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Worth, R. N., 1880, 2nd Report of the Barrow Committee, 129 (Article in Serial). SDV123157.

Visitied in 1875. Round barrow on Farway Hill. Part of the central section of a Bronze Age cemetery. Large and slightly ditched. Other details: Barrow 44.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Mound shown, with boundary stone in centre. Map object based on this Source.

Fox, A., 1948, The Broad Down (Farway) Necropolis and the Wessex Culture in Devon, 18 (Article in Serial). SDV123165.

Site visited during 1948. Ditched mound. Ditch 12 feet wide. Diameter 80 feet, height 7 feet. A boundary stone on top. Other details: Barrow 30.

Ministry of Works, 1951, Farway Group of Barrows on Farway Hill (Schedule Document). SDV343238.

Round barrow in central part of a Bronze Age cemetery. Large, slightly ditched, diameter 70 feet, height 8 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1975 - 1980, SY19SE26 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV344810.

Site visit 17th November 1975. Barrow 'A'. A well preserved bowl barrow with ditch, 30.0 metres diameter with a 2.1 metres high mound and 0.4 metres deep ditch.
Site visit 3rd February 1982. As described above, bracken covered within scrub woodland. Other details: Plan.

Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology, 1979, List of Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the County of Devon, 80 (Report - non-specific). SDV344779.

Grinsell, L. V., 1983, The Barrows of South and East Devon, 33 (Article in Serial). SDV337013.

Site visit 7th July 1972. On Sidmouth boundary. Under dense bracken. Ditched. Surmounted by boundary stone. Diameter 24 metres and 2 metres high. Other details: Barrow 19.

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., 1993, Archaeological Survey and Management Study of Areas on Gittisham Hill, Farway Hill, and Broad Down, East Devon, 21 (Report - Survey). SDV123162.

Site visit 2nd November 1992. South-west skirt recently truncated by clearance of track, otherwise bracken-covered and stable, but under threat from encroaching woodland.

Gibbons, P., 1993, Two Bowl Barrows on the Parish Boundary to the South-west of the B3174, Forming Part of a Dispersed Barrow Group on Farway Hill, MPP/AI 134679 (Un-published). SDV344809.

Site visit 4th November 1993. Substantial bowl barrow 26 metres in diameter and 2.1 metres high, with an even rounded profile. Surrounded by a largely infilled ditch about 2.5 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep, from which material was quarried for the construction of the barrow. The ditch is prone to waterlogging, and is best preserved on the north side of the barrow. A farm track cuts across the south-west edge of the barrow, it is 3 metres wide and has removed about 3 metres, radially, of the mound. The track is unmetalled but, the exposed subsoil gives no indication of the fill of the ditch where it passes over its alignment. On the far side of the track, soil forming part of the adjacent hedgerow is mounded over the alignment of the ditch. A small stone marking a change in alignment of the parish boundary is set in the top of the mound. The distance between this barrow and the adjacent barrow is 3.5 metres.

Department of National Heritage, 1995, Two Bowl Barrows on the Parish Boundary to the South-west of the B3174, Forming Part of a Dispersed Barrow Group on Farway Hill (Schedule Document). SDV344813.

The Farway Hill barrows are situated in south-east Devon on the high ground of an extensive Greensand plateau in an area some 8 kilometres south of Honiton where it forms the watershed of the River Sid. These funerary monuments are grouped around Farway Castle, a substantial circular earthwork enclosure which is believed to be contemporary. The monument includes two barrows aligned roughly east/west and situated on the crest of a ridge. The one to the west is a substantial bowl barrow with an even rounded profile. It is surrounded by a largely infilled ditch. This barrow survives in good condition and form an integral part of the wider group.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 281 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

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

English Heritage, 2010, Management Agreement in Respect of Two Bowl Barrows on the Parish Boundary to the South-West of the B3174 (Correspondence). SDV345678.

Agreement between English Heritage and the Occupier regarding the management of the site by the Occupier for a period of three years. See agreement schedule for details.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Map object based on this Source.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1694 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 and 27-JUN-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A large circular earthwork mound is visible circa 25m across, with a surrounding ditch.

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

The barrow is visible as a circular earthwork mound with surounding ditch on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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