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Summary

One of two Prehistoric bowl barrows on the north side of Owlaborough Moor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017135: Four bowl barrows 560m south east of New Moor Cross
• SHINE: Two prehistoric barrows on north side of Owlaborough Moor, part of a linear group

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS82SW/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 895B
• Old SAM Ref: 32233
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX98SW1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 3000 BC to 700 BC (Between))

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 126 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Visited on 21st April 1962 and found to be gorse covered, hollow centred and mutilated with a diameter of 16 paces and height 3 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1970 - 1978, SS82SW1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV342693.

Tumulus 'A' a flat topped round barrow 12.2 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high with no visible ditch. Grass covered in an area of reclaimed moorland which has now reverted to marshy pasture.

Ministry of Works, 1974, Two Round Barrows on Owlaborough Moor (Schedule Document). SDV342692.

One of a pair of round barrows on on Owlaborough Moor. Flattish grass covered mound of diameter 20.1 metres and height 0.61 metres visited on 30th March 1971.

Road Construction Unit, 1975, North Devon Link Road 2, 7176 (Aerial Photograph). SDV343300.

Not shown on aerial photograph. Other details: Taken 26/08/1975.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Four Bowl Barrows 560m South East of New Moor Cross (Schedule Document). SDV342695.

One of four bowl barrows 560 metres south-east of New Moor Cross with 2-3 metre wide ditches surviving as a buried features. This western mound is 22.6 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high. Bowl barrows date from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age with most examples belonging to the period between 2400-1500BC. They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds covering single or multiple burials and occur in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often acted as a focus for burials in later periods.

Morris, B. W., 2009, Archaeological Monitoring and Recording undertaken during the Construction of a Slurry Pit on Land at Owlaborough Moor (Report - Watching Brief). SDV342690.

No features, deposits or artefacts of archaeological significance were recovered during groundworks to the west of the barrow.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 101 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems. Declining. Principal vulnerablity arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4533 - Watching Brief at Owlaborough Moor

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