HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV12787
Name:Barrow 'L' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell

Summary

Barrow 'L' is one of thirteen in the cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.1 metres high

Location

Grid Reference:SX 571 600
Map Sheet:SX56SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSparkwell
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishPLYMPTON ST.MARY

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 438398
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/190
  • Old SAM County Ref: 759L

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 5 metres diameter at the north end of the cemetery.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, SX56SE (Cartographic). SDV336987.

Visible on aerial photograph interpretation.

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

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

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 195-6, 214, Map 52, Figure 52.16 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Crownhill Down '12' cairn at SX57166000 of circa 5.0 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 (L) is a turf-covered mound 2.8 metres by 2.3 metres and 0.3 metres high with a slight depression to the south-west.

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

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 195-6, 214, Map 52, Figure 52.16.
SDV336987Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. SX56SE. Air Photographs Unit. Map (Paper).
SDV343412Report - Survey: Fletcher, M.. 2002. The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report. English Heritage Report. AI/31/2002. A4 Stapled + Digital. 4.
SDV343786Schedule Document: Department of Environment. 1986. Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled.
SDV343789National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2010. 438398. National Monuments Record Database. A4 Stapled + Digital. [Mapped feature: #80640 ]
SDV343793Worksheet: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1980. Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery. A4 Single Sheet.
SDV364675National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV1780Part of: Barrow Cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV11801Related to: Barrow 'A' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1781Related to: Barrow 'B' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1782Related to: Barrow 'C' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1783Related to: Barrow 'D' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1784Related to: Barrow 'E' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1785Related to: Barrow 'F' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1786Related to: Barrow 'G' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1787Related to: Barrow 'H' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV1788Related to: Barrow 'I' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV76030Related to: Barrow 'J' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV12699Related to: Barrow 'K' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)
MDV12939Related to: Barrow 'M' in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down, Sparkwell (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4559 - Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Riddding Down

Date Last Edited:Jan 18 2022 10:55AM

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.