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| HER Number: | MDV124033 |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age Barrow site |
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Summary
A possible bronze Age Barrow.
Location
| Grid Reference: | None recorded |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHURSTON FERRERS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARROW (LANEBA to Late Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Discovery of Bronze Age Barrow in Ball Copse, Churston Ferrers (Personal Comment). SDV362377.
A possible bronze Age Barrow was observed by Mike Parker Pearson when living as a schooboy in Churston. The discovery was reported many years later (2011) to the then Historic Environment Officer by Parker Pearson during a drink in Churston Court. After which Parker Pearson attempted to re-identify the site, its approximate location is plotted on the GIS SX29108 56630. The site is c.15m north of his fieldwalking survey - ref. Field 61 in 2010 Enforcemnet order.
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362377 | Personal Comment: Discovery of Bronze Age Barrow in Ball Copse, Churston Ferrers. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:58PM |
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