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Summary

A possible round barrow of Bronze Age date was visible on digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork within Ford Plantation, near the summit of a south-east facing spur, approximately 150 metres south-west of Lamb Farm, Dalwood parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The eastern boundary of Ford Plantation diverts to enclose the site of the mound.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2200 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A roughly circular mound was visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

The eastern boundary of Ford Plantation continues to divert to enclose the site of the mound.

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

A roughly circular and apparently flat topped mound approximately 20 metres in diameter was visible on digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork near the summit of a south-east facing spur within Ford Plantation, approximately 150 metres south-west of Lamb Farm, Dalwood parish. The mound was situated within Ford Plantation, the eastern boundary of the woodland diverting to enclose the mound. This diversion in the plantation boundary was depicted on maps from the Tithe map for Dalwood onwards, and the mound therefore predates the mid-19th century as a landscape feature. A possible external ditch up to 3 metres wide can be seen on the western edge of the mound, within the woodland; a continuation of the ditch on the eastern edge might have been obscured and damaged by the woodland boundary. It is possible that the mound might have also extended slightly into the field to the east and been damaged or spread by agricultural activity. It is possible that the mound is the remains of a spoil heap associated with a former extractive pit immediately to the east, but it is tentatively interpreted as evidence of a
possible round barrow of Bronze Age date. The flattened profile of the mound might have been caused by partial levelling for plantation tree planting.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359352	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. 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.
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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2200 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #75072 ]

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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