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HER Number:MDV13780
Name:Barrow in the Parish of Bovey Tracey

Summary

A small mound, possibly a truncated bowl barrow, on top of a larger mound, probably created by sand digging.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 822 766
Map Sheet:SX87NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBovey Tracey
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishUNKNOWN

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Bronze Age barrows, leat system and earthworks associated with the late medieval tin industry and earthworks associated with the site of a Civil War battle on Bovey Heath

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87NW/21
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=10/11/1953 (os) a small mound, possibly a truncated bowl barrow, on top of a larger mound - probably created by sand digging.

MITCHELL, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV253651.

Vis=22/6/1979 (mitchell) very unlikely to be a barrow. Flattened mound at tip of small spur on bovey heath. Probably associated with local sand quarrying.

TURNER + GRINSELL, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV284283.

Vis=22/5/1976 (turner + grinsell) diameter 18m, height 0.9m. Heath.

OS MAP, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV299954.

Vis=est -/-/1981 (os) shown as 'barrow/cairn' on new 1:2500 survey. Os 6" 1963 shows mound at sx82197664 (os map).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299957.

Osa=sx87nw20.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299958.

Mitchell, m. /dcra ball clay survey of south devon/(1979)no.3 (worksheet no.7 in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299959.

Des=os survey drawing 1:2500/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299960.

Des=os map,1:10560/(1963).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299961.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)28.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV299962.

Aph=dap/op 11,19-22/(18/7/1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299963.

Des=english heritage/report on the bovey heath survey/(2004)/in smr.

EH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6015.

The english heritage survey in 2004 found the severly denuded remains of the prehistoric burial mound on the edge of a steep scarp associated with the alluvial tin industry. It was visible as a crude circle of stone 4.5m diameter x c.0.1-0.2m high protruding through the soil. The feature had been damaged but was probably the core of a bowl barrow (eh).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV24Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. OSA. Card Index.
SDV253651Migrated Record: MITCHELL.
SDV284283Report - Survey: TURNER + GRINSELL.
SDV299954Report - Survey: OS MAP.
SDV299957Migrated Record:
SDV299958Migrated Record:
SDV299959Migrated Record:
SDV299960Migrated Record:
SDV299961Migrated Record:
SDV299962Aerial Photograph:
SDV299963Migrated Record:
SDV6015Migrated Record: EH.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 16 2020 4:24PM

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