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Summary

Two possible mounds of possible later prehistoric date were visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks on the south-east facing slopes north-east of Harcombe, Chudleigh. The mounds have possibly been levelled.

Location

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/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3063-3064 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

Possible mounds are visible as earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79083, OS/79083 094-095 28-AUG-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355374.

The mounds are not visible as earthworks.

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 (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Two roughly circular mounds approximately 25m and 31m in diameter were visible as low earthworks under light tree planting on aerial photographs of 1946, on the on the south-east facing slopes of Great Haldon to the north-east of Harcombe, Chudleigh. The visible earthworks are interpreted as evidence of possible barrows of Bronze Age date.
The plot in which the mounds were visible has been cleared and planted as a plantation on aerial photographs of 1979, and the mounds could not be identified as earthworks. A forestry track may cut the northern edge of the northernmost mound. It is probable that they have been levelled, although sub-surface features may survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3063-3064 04-NOV-1946.
SDV355374	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79083. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/79083 094-095 28-AUG-1979.
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.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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