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| HER Number: | MDV122272 |
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| Name: | Barrow at Mamhead Bottom, Mamhead |
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Summary
A mound, interpreted as a possible barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible as a pale cropmark and slight earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 on the south-east facing slopes of Mamhead Bottom. This location is obscured from view by dense tree cover on more recent sources.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 917 803 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ashcombe |
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| Civil Parish | Mamhead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MAMHEAD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3077-3078 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
A mound is visible as a cropmark and slight earthwork.
Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data (DSM), Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX9180 19-JUL-2016 (Cartographic). SDV361521.
A dark soilmark is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A roughly circular cropmark and slight earthwork of a mound is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 on the south-east facing of Mamhead Bottom, on the Mamhead – Ashcombe parish boundary. Approximately 20m in diameter, the mound is interpreted as possible evidence of a near levelled barrow of Bronze Age date. The possible mound was slightly truncated on the north-west edge by a track leading to the gravel pits to the west. The feature is obscured by dense tree cover on most subsequent sources, but may correspond with an dark soilmark visible following tree felling on images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.
The mound may be the same as that previously recorded as MDV28926.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3077-3078 13-APR-1946 (Interpretation). SDV361305.
A mound is visible as a cropmark and slight earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV352504 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3077-3078 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #112136 ] |
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| 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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| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3077-3078 13-APR-1946. |
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| | Linked documents:1 |
| SDV361521 | Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data (DSM). Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX9180 19-JUL-2016. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV28926 | Related to: BARROW in the Parish of Ashcombe (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 25 2018 3:30PM |
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