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Summary

Barrow on slopes of Crownhill Down of 11.0 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high, to the north of a row of four other barrows, forming a Prehistoric barrow cemetery on the western slope of Crownhill Down

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003201: Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 438411
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/8
• Old SAM County Ref: Part of 1027 A-G

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Greeves, T. + Griffiths, D., 1981, Barrow (Worksheet). SDV337248.

Probable prehistoric barrow on form of discrete low mound approximately 10 metres diameter and 0.5 metres maximum height. It lies approximately 170 metres north-west from the cairn marked as 'Pile of Stones' on Ordnance Survey maps at SX56805988.

Devon County Council, 1982, Crownhill Down (Plan - measured). SDV337246.

Gilbertson, D. + Collis, J., 1982, Mapping Three Millennia of Settlement and Land Use on Crownhill Down, South West Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV362901.

Visited in 1980.

AMAX, 1982, The Hemerdon Project. Archaeological Sites (Plan - measured). SDV149232.

Prehistoric barrow shown to the north of the parish boundary with a row of four Prehistoric barrows shown in a line to the south.

Gilbertson, D. + Collis, J., 1985, Linear Banks on Crownhill Down, Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV337244.

Visited in 1980.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, SX55NE (Cartographic). SDV337243.

Not visible on 1946 and 1977 aerial photographs.

Department of Environment, 1986, Barrow Cemetery on Western Slope of Crownhill Down (Schedule Document). SDV337245.

Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down. This site has no statutory description.

Pye, A. R. + Noble, S. + Turton, S. D., 1993, Archaeological survey of part of Crownhill Down, Shaugh Prior, 3 (Report - Survey). SDV337249.

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

Not shown.

National Monuments Record, 2002, 438411 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343823.

A round mound spread to 11 metres diameter and up to 0.5 metres high with a slight depression on the top. Linear group of six round barrows or cairns with three more possible mounds, lie on a south-west facing slope of Crownhill Down. These turf-covered mounds all have some stone visible although there are no traces of kerbs. It is possible that some of the mounds are built around rock outcrops.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 109 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems. Principal vulnerability scrub/tree growth.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 102 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1003201 (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

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