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Summary

Barrow 'K' is one of thirteen in the cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down of 7.0 metres diameter by 0.1 metres high. Not visible on aerial photographs

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004572: Crownhill Down, barrow cemetery

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 438398
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/69
• Old SAM County Ref: 759(K)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Greeves, T. A. P., 1980, Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery (Worksheet). SDV343793.

Crownhill Down barrow cemetery. Possible very low Prehistoric barrow approximately 6 metres diameter at the north end of the cemetery.

Department of Environment, 1986, Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343786.

Crownhill Down Prehistoric cemetery Barrow (K). Other details: Monument 759.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 194-6, 214, Map 52, Figure 52.16 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Crownhill Down '11' cairn at SX57186000 of circa 7.0 metres diameter by 0.1 metres high. One of the thirteen cairns in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down.

Fletcher, M., 2002, The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report, 4 (Report - Survey). SDV343412.

Other details: Figure 3 and Crownhill Down Survey.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 438398 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343789.

Group of round barrows or cairns on Crownhill Down. Barrow (K) is a turf-covered mound 3.8 metres by 2.4 metres across and up to 0.3 metres high.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5759 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

No mound was identified as an earthwork in this location.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

No evidence of an earthwork mound identifiable as a barrow is visible on the aerial photographs available to the survey or digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The mound may have been levelled.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1004572 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4559 - Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Riddding Down
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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