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Summary

One of a group of three Prehistoric bowl barrows south-east of Beaford Moor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015146: Three bowl barrows 545m east of Cupper's Piece
• SHINE: Prehistoric bowl barrow south-east of Beaford Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 33599
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/3/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28605
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS51SE2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2200 BC to 700 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Three 'Tumuli' shown on 19th century map in a field to the east of Cupper's Piece.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 109 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Diameter 28 paces, height 4 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1973, SS51SE2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV344892.

Three bowl barrows to the south-east of Beaford Moor. Barrow i) is a mutilated bowl barrow 34 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres high. Other details: Barrow i.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV344895.

Site visited 12th May 1984. Condition obviously plough damaged. Under pasture, edges ill-defined. Central disturbance still visible. Dimensions 35 metres north-east to south-west, 28 metres north to south. Height estimated at 0.7 metres.

Gerrard, S., 1995, 139548 (Un-published). SDV344902.

The westernmost of three round barrows survives as an oval, flat-topped mound 25 metres east to west by 20 metres north to south and 0.7 metres high. A slight central hollow may represent robbing or a partial early excavation. The ditch from which construction material was derived survives as buried feature circa 2 metres wide.

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

Other details: Ashreigney 1.

Department of National Heritage, 1996, Three Bowl Barrows 545m east of Cupper's Piece (Schedule Document). SDV344898.

Three bowl barrows 545 metres east of Cupper's Piece. The monument includes three bowl barrows situated on an exposed hilltop on the watershed between the River Torridge to the west and the River Taw to the east. The western barrow survives as an oval flat topped mound measuring 25 metres east to west by 20 metres north to south and standing up to 0.7 metres high. There is a slight hollow in the centre and the ditch is preserved as a buried feature circa 2 metres wide.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 33599 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV344897.

Three bowl barrows situated on an exposed hilltop on the watershed between the River Torridge to the west and River Taw to the east.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

The westernmost of a group of three 'Tumuli' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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