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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/3/2
• 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 30 paces height 0.9 metres.

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

Three bowl barrows south-east of Beaford Moor. Barrow ii) is up to 30 metres diameter and 0.8 metres high. Other details: Barrow ii.

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

Site visited 12th may 1984. Bowl barrow in very fair condition, although in field that has been cultivated. Height estimated at 0.8 metres, 38.5 metres north to south and 34 metres east to west.

Gerrard, S., 1995, 139549 (Un-published). SDV344904.

Southernmost of a tight cluster of three round barrows. This is the largest within the group and survives as a prominent oval mound 29.5 metres east to west by 24.3 metres north to south and by 0.9 metres high. Surrounding ditch survives as a buried feature except to the north.

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 2.

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 southern barrow is the largest of the three and survives as an oval mound measuring 29.5 metres east to west by 24.3 metres north to south and standing up to 0.9 metres high. The ditch survives as a buried feature except to the north where it is 3.9 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. Sitting on the outer edge of the ditch is a section of outer bank 3.4 metres wide and up to 0.2 metres high.

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 southernmost 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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