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Summary

Prehistoric bowl barrow 530 metres south-west of Gorvin, forming part of a group. It is visible as an earthwork mound on images derived from lidar data captured in 2013.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016646: Bowl barrow 530m south west of Gorvin
• SHINE: Prehistoric bowl barrow south-west of Gorvin

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 149840
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS21NE/507
• Old SAM Ref: 32203
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS21NE8

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, H., 149840, 149840 (Un-published). SDV340118.

Visited approximately 1998. Bowl barrow 520 metres south-west of Gorvin Farm. Other details: AI 149840.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 121 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Visited 5th April 1969. Mound covered by scrub. Diameter 25 paces, height 4 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977 - 1980, SS21NE8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV340117.

Visited 16th October 1977. A bowl barrow in good condition on a hilltop. No evidence of a ditch. Diameter 27.0 metres, height 1.8 metres.

Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology, 1979 - 1981, North Devon Barrow Survey, DCRA ND46 (Archive - Survey). SDV341310.

Visited 16th October 1979. Diameter 27.4 metres, height 1.71 metres. Large mound in corner of pasture field. Appears to have suffered little damage. No signs of ditch. Good condition.

Allden, A., 1981, A Study of some Devon Barrows and their Diminishing Future (Report - non-specific). SDV339662.

Horner, W., 1996, Barrow (Personal Comment). SDV340114.

Visited 5th September 1996. Viewed from barrow group to north. Appears to still be in good condition in pasture. Not ploughed or re-seeded as sides too steep. Forms part of aligned group with four other barrows.

Bayer, O. J., 1996, Barrows in the Torridge District of North West Devon: A Study in Distribution and Location, Hartland 16 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV319515.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Bowl Barrow 530m south west of Gorvin (Schedule Document). SDV340119.

Bowl barrow forming part of a group. Survives as a 1.8 metre high circular mound with a diameter of 25.4 metres. Surrounding ditch survives as a buried feature approximately 4 metres wide. The field boundary which crosses the monument from north to south is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath is included.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

An earthwork mound is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Tumulus marked.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.

The barrow is visible as an earthwork mound on images derived from lidar data captured in 2013. It has not been re-transcribed, as it is mapped on the modern mapping and by the earlier NMP project.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4415 - Devon Barrow Survey
• EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)

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