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Summary

Prehistoric bowl barrow to the south-west of New Moor Plantations. One of a linear group of four bowl barrows with an outlier to the north-east

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow on north side of Whitefield Moor, part of linear group
• Scheduled Monument 1017135: Four bowl barrows 560m south east of New Moor Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 35698
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS82SW/14
• Old SAM Ref: 32233
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS82SW8

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.

Not shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1970, SS82SW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345396.

One of two barrows. Barrow B is a much spread round barrow 0.3 metres high with no trace of a ditch. It is under pasture. Other details: Barrow B.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 123 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Site visited on 21st April 1962. Previously unrecorded barrow. Under grass, signs of surrounding ditch. Diameter 22 paces, height 1.5 feet.

Road Construction Unit, 1975, North Devon Link Road 2, 7176 (Aerial Photograph). SDV343300.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Four Bowl Barrows 560m South East of New Moor Cross (Schedule Document). SDV342695.

Four bowl barrows 560 metres south-east of New Moor Cross. The monument includes four bowl barrows situated on an upland ridge overlooking the valleys of tributaries to the Crooked Oak River in an area known as New Moor. The group has a linear arrangement aligned approximately east to west. Barrow 3 is 18 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high. Other details: Barrow 3.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 35698 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345397.

Two bowl barrows situated on a high upland ridge in an area known as New Moor. The western barrow mound measures 18 metres in diameter and is 0.5 metres high.

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

'Tumulus' shown on modern mapping in the north-west corner of the field.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 101 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems. Declining. Principal vulnerablity arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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