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Summary

Circular barrow visible as a roughly circular, flat-topped earthwork bank on aerial photographs taken from 1947, surrounded by an earthwork ditch. Ditch remains are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, indicating that slight earthworks survive.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow and linear feature north of Redwings

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 191532
• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30SW/19

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV108878.

Osa=st30sw18.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV108879.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/4321-2/(11/4/1947).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV108880.

Des=grabham, d + k. /(23/4/1993)/as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV108882.

Des=carter, r. W.(chard history group)/appendix b - chardstock parish check list/(april 1999)/in pf.

GRABHAM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134796.

Current owners say that there was a mound here until levelled in c 1978. The feature is still visible on the ground through differential grass growth. They refer to the site as having been excavated according to local tradition but no records known to smr (grabham).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

A small circular earthwork with adjacent linear boundaries. Visible on ap.(os).

CARTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47986.

Broken stone mound which has been levelled (carter).

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The area is depicted as rough ground.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1119-1120 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

A dark curvilinear earthwork ditch is visible, surrounding a raised earthwork platform.

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

Circular feature marked on os surveyors' draft (1806-7), not shown with hachures though so may not have been particularly prominent.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST3102 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A curvilinear earthwork ditch is just visible.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 10-APR-2017; (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Historic England, 2015-2016, NRHE to HER prototype, 417761 (Website). SDV359652.

Summary description
Small circular earthwork with adjacent linear track or field boundaries noted.

Full description
ST 31100205. A small circular earthwork with adjacent
linear track or field boundaries lies on the north side of the
road, where a trackway joins it from the south. (1)

Sources
1 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION C Balkwill. Rural Arch Exeter Univ Dept Extra Mural Studies
1a Aerial photograph AP s (RAF/CPE/UK/1974 4321

Monument types, periods and evidence
FIELD BOUNDARY UNCERTAIN UNCERTAIN UNCERTAIN EVIDENCE
EARTHWORK UNCERTAIN UNCERTAIN UNCERTAIN EVIDENCE

Related monuments
None recorded

Related events
None recorded

Related archives/objects
None recorded

Actors
Compiler NORMAN VICTOR QUINNELL HE NRHE Monument Inventory 15-10-1975 15-10-1975

Metadata
When created: prior to 01-APR-1999
Created by Inventory

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

A previously recorded barrow is visible as a roughly circular, flat-topped earthwork bank 30 metres in diameter on aerial photographs taken from 1947, surrounded by a 3 metre wide earthwork ditch. The ditch remains visible on later imagery including images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, indicating that slight earthworks survive, although the central bank is not clearly visible on later images. A field boundary may have impacted the eastern side, where the ditch is not visible.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV108878	Migrated Record:
SDV108879	Aerial Photograph:
SDV108880	Migrated Record:
SDV108882	Migrated Record:
SDV134796	Migrated Record: GRABHAM.
SDV148	Migrated Record:
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST3102 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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
SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 10-APR-2017;.
SDV359646	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1119-1120 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #75383 ]
SDV359652	Website: Historic England. 2015-2016. NRHE to HER prototype. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/home. Website. 417761.
SDV47986	Migrated Record: CARTER.

Associated Monuments

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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