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Summary

A Bowl Barrow of Bronze Age date is depicted on late 19th and early 20th century maps and is visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as low earthwork mound.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SE/18

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1905, 5SE (Cartographic). SDV335614.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953 - 1975, SS54SE4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV67176.

Site visit 3rd September 1953. Ploughed out, 21 feet.
Site visit 16th September 1953. Ploughed down, under grass, 19.0 metres diameter, 0.6 metres high. Other details: Barrow B.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 111 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Bowl barrow, diameter 19 paces, height 2 feet. Other details: Barrow 5.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89114, NMR OS/89114 687-688 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350315.

An earthwork mound up to 20 metres in diameter is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2002, Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down, 10, 17 (Report - Assessment). SDV60793.

Other details: Fig 5, Site 46.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1354 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Barrow, ploughed. 19.0m diameter, 0.6m high.

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

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A round barrow of probable Bronze Age is visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as an earthwork on Berry Down. The barrow, probably a bowl barrow, measures circa 20 metres in diameter. The southern edge of the might have been truncated slightly by a hedgebank that runs along the northern edge of the A3123.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV335614	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1905. 5SE. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper).
SDV339712	Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1354.
SDV344030	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #80559 ]
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV350315	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89114. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/89114 687-688 04-MAY-1989.
SDV60793	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2002. Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down. Exeter Archaeology Report. 02.06. A4 Stapled + Digital. 10, 17.
SDV67176	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953 - 1975. SS54SE4. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV7849	Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1970. The Barrows of North Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 28. A5 Paperback. 111.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV280 - Unnamed Event
• EDV281 - Unnamed Event
• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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