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Summary

A possible earthwork mound visible at the northern end of a relict field boundary might be the remains of a barrow or clearance cairn of later prehistoric date. The possible mound is visible as an earthwork on digital images derived aerial photographs and Lidar data.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020710: Prehistoric field system on the cliffs above Littlecombe Shoot

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NE/27/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 852C
• Old SAM Ref: 33049

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
• CLEARANCE CAIRN? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.

Vis=14/6/1972 (grinsell) gorse covered.14m dia, 0.6m high. Doubtful. See head sheet.

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV123751.

Vis=9/12/1970 (ancient monuments) 6 yards diam, 3 ft high.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123755.

Des=grinsell, l. /barrows of south and east devon/(1982)branscombe no 3 in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123756.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)29.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123757.

Des=survey drawing(1:1,000)by rchme(1989)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123758.

Des=ntas/branscombe and salcombe regis, devon/(1984)11/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123759.

Des=rchm survey of berry cliff camp/(1989)/in pf.

National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52.

Diam 14m, height 0.60m (ntas).

RCHM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7666.

Vis=7/4/1989 (rchm) cairn 5. Circular, rounded mound. Diam 10m, height 0.4m. E side cut by a narrow trench, possibly a plough furrow (rchm).

Next Perspectives, 2001, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SY1888 15-AUG-2001 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349376.

A possible earthwork mound is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 141 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Mound. Possible barrow or clearance cairn. Within scheduled area.

Environment Agency, 2006-2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SY 1888 Environment Agency D0075797 Nov 2006 - Mar 2007 (Cartographic). SDV356180.

A possible earthwork mound is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A possible barrow or clearance cairn of later prehistoric date is visible as a possible mound defining the end of a relict field boundary. The mound is visible as an earthwork on digital images derived aerial photographs taken in 2001 and Lidar data captured from late 2006 to early 2007. The mound is not visible as a well defined earthwork and it seems probable that it simply represent the northern end of the relict earthwork bank; the southern end of the earthwork bank is visible as a similarly formed rounded terminus. The possible mound has been transcribed as part of the multi-period field system north of Littlecombe shoot and not mapped separately. The narrow trench on the east side of the earthwork described by the above authority is probably the ditch flanking a boundary bank, part of the multi-period field system, not a plough furrow.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1004	Migrated Record:
SDV123751	Report - Survey: Ancient Monuments.
SDV123755	Migrated Record:
SDV123756	Migrated Record:
SDV123757	Migrated Record:
SDV123758	Migrated Record:
SDV123759	Migrated Record:
SDV349376	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2001. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SY1888 15-AUG-2001.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. 141.
SDV356180	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2006-2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY 1888 Environment Agency D0075797 Nov 2006 - Mar 2007. [Mapped feature: #68557 ]
SDV52	Migrated Record: National Trust.
SDV7666	Migrated Record: RCHM.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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