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| HER Number: | MDV115096 |
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| Name: | Possible Earthwork Feature, southwest of Burrow’s Farm |
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Summary
A possible earthwork banked feature of a potential prehistoric barrow is visible on aerial photographs of 1948, to the southwest of Burrow’s Farm. The feature bears some similarity to two barrows (MDV1841 & MDV1843) recorded 600m to the southeast.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 166 103 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST11SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Clayhidon |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLAYHIDON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RP 3196-97 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.
A slight earthwork bank is possibly visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A possible earthwork banked feature of a potential prehistoric barrow is visible on aerial photographs of 1948, to the southwest of Burrow’s Farm. The possible earthwork is oval in shape, measures approximately 56m in length by 47m in width and is sited within the corner of a field on relatively level land. The nature of this possible barrow was difficult to ascertain and if earthworks are indeed present here on aerial photographs of 1948, then they are very slight and may have since been completely levelled. The feature bears some similarity to two barrows (MDV1841 & MDV1843) recorded 600m to the southeast, as well as a second possible earthwork enclosure in the adjacent field to the east (MDV115098). Field names suggestive of barrows, with some earthwork evidence, are additionally recorded in fields approximately 460m to the northeast, which all give some weight to this feature being archaeological in origin. Further field investigation, such as geophysical survey may help to shed some light on this.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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. |
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| | Linked documents:2 |
| SDV359578 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RP 3196-97 11-MAR-1948. [Mapped feature: #74411 ] |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 12:51PM |
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