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Summary

Cropmarks which have possibly formed over a levelled earthwork mound of a prehistoric barrow are visible on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from aerial photographs of 1999 onwards, on Black Down Common, Culmstock.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Possible Bronze Age burial mounds/cairns and Roman/post-Roman open cast extractive pits on Black Down Common

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3821, RAF/39/3821 V 158-159 29-OCT-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359591.

Vegetation marks of a possible levelled mound are visible.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

A sub-circular shaped area of greener vegetation of a possible levelled mound is visible.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2001 ACCESSED 28-MAR-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A sub-circular area of possible bare vegetation is visible.

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

Cropmarks which have possibly formed over a levelled earthwork mound of a prehistoric barrow are visible on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from aerial photographs of 1999 onwards, on Black Down Common, Culmstock. The sub-circular shaped feature, which is most clearly visible on digital images of 2001, measures approximately 20m in diameter and has been truncated by a northeast to southwest aligned field boundary. The cropmarks have been tentatively interpreted as evidence of a possible prehistoric barrow. This interpretation is supported by the presence of other barrows recorded in the vicinity here to the northeast (MDV1882) and northwest (MDV49869).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV321648	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (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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SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2001 ACCESSED 28-MAR-2017. [Mapped feature: #78272 ]
SDV359591	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3821. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3821 V 158-159 29-OCT-1971.

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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