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Summary

An earthwork mound approximately 14 metres in diameter, probably the remains of a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible as an earthwork near the southern tip of Hartridge, east of Shelves Farm, Luppitt parish. The earthwork was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and remains clearly visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2010.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019048: Bowl barrow on Hartridge, 360m east of Shelves Farm
• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow east of Shelves Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 188654
• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/15
• Old SAM Ref: 33023

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

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

The barrow mound has been partly spread by cultivation in antiquity but it retains a height of about 0.9m and has a diam of about 14m. Surrounding the barrow mound is evidence for the presence of a ring ditch (most noticeable on the w side where it appears to be waterlogged for certain parts of the year) from which material had been quarried for the construction of the barrow. The ditch has an average width of about 3.5m and a depth, in places, of bout 0.1m. The ditch will have become infilled over the passage of time but will survive as buried feature. The monument is marked as a tumulus on the os plan of 1906 and is referenced in grinsell (mpp).

COOK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV138782.

Vis=estimated -/-/1967 (cook) now practically destroyed by ploughing.

Salvatore, J. P., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV23685.

Vis=19/3/1999 (salvatore) a bronze age bowl barrow is located in a commanding position on the highest point of the s spur of hartridge, a flat-topped ridge which lies about 1.5km w of the valley of the river otter.

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

Vis=7/1/1962 (os) barrow measurements given, with surrounding ditch well marked on west side but only vaguely traced on the east. The whole is under plough.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.

Vis=estimated -/-/1969 (grinsell) luppitt 1. Under grass 1970 but formerly arable.

WIDTH 3.5M, DEPTH 300MM, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV103359.

Vis=estimated -/-/1905 (wall) hartridge e of shelf farm a barrow (diam 14.0m, height 700.0mm) ditch(width 3.5m, depth 300mm).

APH/R.PALMER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103364.

Showing as a light mark on ap (aph/palmer).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103365.

Recorded from air as clear earthwork in 1997 (aph).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103368.

Osa=st10ne2.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103369.

Page, w.(ed) + wall, j. C. /victoria county history, devon. /1(1906)627.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103370.

Des=cook, n. R.(15/4/1968)letter ao/c.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103371.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/28(1970)123/barrows of north devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103373.

Des=colour print 8/9/1992 film no bh3 frame no 7 in smr.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV103374.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974:4440.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103375.

Des=r. Palmer/blackdown hills aonb aerial photographic assessment/1992.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV103377.

Aph=slide/(29/10/1997)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103378.

Des=mpp/144486.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103379.

Des=salvatore, j. P. /(19/3/1999)/as above.

Foster, K. + Skinner, R., 01/2016, A30 to A303 Honiton to Devonshire Inn Improvement Scheme, Honiton, Devon (Report - Assessment). SDV359378.

DBA undertaken along a corridor associated with the A30/A303 between Honiton and Devonshire Inn. This study is intended to inform the development of options for improvements to the A30/A303 between Honiton and Devonshire Inn.

The barrow is situated on farmland in a field of pasture, private land that was not visited. The barrow is in a prominent location at the centre of a ridge of land, a spur between the Ottter Valley to the east and a tributary to the west. Situated at the centre of a small plateau the barrow is not easily seen from the surrounding landscape although it is visible from Dumpdon Hillfort to the south. It is likely that views are possible from the barrow towards the Otter Valley and the Site. No intervisibility with other barrows is thought to be possible.

The barrow’s setting comprises farmland which is largely a post-medieval landscape unrelated historically to the barrow. The land is however open and does allow for views from the monument and in this respect enhances its significance representing an appropriate surrounding in which to appreciate the monument (Plate 25). The most important setting is the barrow’s topographic positon as it is likely that this was deliberate and that the spur on which it is situated had some degree of significance for prehistoric people. It is also possible that views of Dumpdon Hill and other high points in the local landscape were also important. Views of the Otter Valley and the Site, whilst representing views of a rural, tranquil landscape are of little direct relevance to the significance of the barrow. Traffic on the present A30 cannot be heard from the monument.

Development within the Site would be unlikely to affect the barrow’s setting. Any proposed scheme would not interfere with views from the barrow across the wider landscape nor would it affect the barrow’s immediate setting. Substantial modern development within the site, of such magnitude to alter the character of the landscape, would be visible from the barrow and may be considered to represent a change to its setting and thus may have a small degree of harm to its significance.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4440-4441 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The mound is clearly visible as an earthwork. The plateau appears to have recently been ploughed.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1685-1686 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.

The mound is clearly visible as an earthwork.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Site vist 8th September 1992. Clearly visible in pasture field.

Horner, B., 1997, DAP/ABX, Devon County Council DAP/ABX 12-14 19-OCT-1997 (Aerial Photograph). SDV135887.

The earthwork mound remained clearly visible.

GetMapping, 1999, 069/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/068/99 64-65 11-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355855.

The mound is clearly visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1705 4-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359490.

The mound is clearly visible as an earthwork under pasture.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

An earthwork mound approximately 14 metres in diameter was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards as an earthwork near the southern tip of Hartridge, east of Shelves Farm, Luppitt parish. The mound is interpreted as the remains of a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date. It might have formed an extended linear cemetery with a group of 6 possible levelled mounds approximately 1.3km to the north. The mound remained clearly visible as an earthwork under pasture on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1004	Migrated Record:
SDV103359	Report - Survey: WIDTH 3.5M, DEPTH 300MM.
SDV103364	Migrated Record: APH/R.PALMER.
SDV103365	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV103368	Migrated Record:
SDV103369	Migrated Record:
SDV103370	Migrated Record:
SDV103371	Migrated Record:
SDV103373	Migrated Record:
SDV103374	Aerial Photograph:
SDV103375	Migrated Record:
SDV103377	Aerial Photograph:
SDV103378	Migrated Record:
SDV103379	Migrated Record:
SDV135887	Aerial Photograph: Horner, B.. 1997. DAP/ABX. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP/ABX 12-14 19-OCT-1997.
SDV138782	Migrated Record: COOK.
SDV23685	Report - Survey: Salvatore, J. P..
SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV331	Migrated Record: Unknown. MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA. Monument Protection Programme. Unknown.
SDV355855	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 069/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/068/99 64-65 11-JUL-1999.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4440-4441 11-APR-1947.
SDV357675	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1685-1686 03-SEP-1982.
SDV359378	Report - Assessment: Foster, K. + Skinner, R.. 01/2016. A30 to A303 Honiton to Devonshire Inn Improvement Scheme, Honiton, Devon. Wessex Archaeology. 111160.01. Digital.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359490	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1705 4-MAY-2010. [Mapped feature: #74375 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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