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| HER Number: | MDV127606 |
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| Name: | Round barrow between Marwell Cross and Bullhorn Cross, Bigbury |
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Summary
A possible round barrow of Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 as an earthwork mound on the south-facing slopes roughly equidistant between Marwell Cross and Bullhorn Cross, Bigbury.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 657 472 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bigbury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | RINGMORE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1065-1066 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
A mound is visible as an earthwork.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6547 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.
A mound is identifiable as an earthwork.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
A near circular mound is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 as an earthwork approximately 28m by 23m in size, on the south-facing slopes roughly equidistant between Marwell Cross and Bullhorn Cross.
The mound is interpreted as a possible round barrow of Bronze Age date. No evidence of an enclosing ditch was visible on any of the sources available to the survey.
The mound is approximately 10m east of an extant field boundary that forms the boundary between Bigbury and Ringmore parishes. It is possible that the mound formed a marker for this boundary, possibly resulting in the truncation of the west side of the earthwork resulting in the D-shaped plan of the visible earthwork.
A second similar mound is visible circa 25m to the north-east.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1065-1066 10-DEC-1946. |
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| SDV361514 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor. Digital. LIDAR SX6547 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. [Mapped feature: #124331 ] |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV127605 | Related to: Round barrow between Marwell Cross and Bullhorn Cross, Bigbury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 21 2020 3:50PM |
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