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Summary

The site of a possible cairn or barrow is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 as a pale circular soilmark on South Down Common, Beer. The site was reported as a slight elevation with scattered flints in the field under cultivation in 1955.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork of prehistoric barrow north of Hooken Beach

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY28NW/11

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100271.

Osa=sy28nw6.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100272.

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

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

Flint cairn b. One of four seen in ploughing. Vis=20/5/1955(os) visible as slight elevation with scattered flints.

Royal Air Force, 1942, RAF/HLA/521, RAF/HLA/521 6096 04-MAY-1942 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356302.

A pale soilmark is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2784 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Slight mound.
SMR.

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

The site of a possible cairn or barrow is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 as a pale circular soilmark approximately 20 metres in diameter on South Down Common, Beer. The cropmark is not visible on later images available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV100271	Migrated Record:
SDV100272	Migrated Record:
SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
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. Site No. 2784.
SDV356302	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1942. RAF/HLA/521. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/HLA/521 6096 04-MAY-1942. [Mapped feature: #70471 ]

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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