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Summary

Bowl barrow in Prehistoric cemetery consisting of seven barrows on West Burrow Moor

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow south east of Burrow Cross, part of barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor
• Scheduled Monument 1016215: Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34895
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71NE/16
• Old SAM Ref: 30319.06
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS71NE2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2200 BC to 700 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Not shown on 19th century map.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 118 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Grass covered bowl barrow 33 paces in diameter and 3.5 feet high. Found in May 1962.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1970 - 1979, SS71NE2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345127.

Three barrows to the west of Middle Burrow. East Worlington 1: grass covered bowl barrow 33 paces in diameter by 3.5 feet high. Other details: Plan - East Worlington 1.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997, Round Barrow Cemetery on West Burrow Moor (Schedule Document). SDV345119.

Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor. The monument includes seven bowl barrows in six areas of protection. It is located on a high upland ridge in an area known as Burrow Moor. Each barrow is surrounded by a ditch surviving as a buried feature 2 metres wide. A possible outlier to this group lies to the west and is the subject of a separate scheduling. The seven barrows vary in diameter between 22.6 meters and 35.6 metres and in height between 0.4 metres and 1.4 metres. The barrows are spread over an area of some 600 metres. Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age and comprise groups of up to 30 rubble and earthen mounds covering single or multiple burials.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34895 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345132.

Three bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery in an area known Burrow Moor. The barrows vary in diameter between 22.6 metres and 35.6 metres, and in height between 0.4 metres and 1.4 metres. Each barrow is surrounded by a quarry ditch surviving as a buried feature 2 metres wide. Scheduled.

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

'Tumulus' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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