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Summary

Prehistoric bowl barrow 'D' with three other barrows and a standing stone to the west of Higher Mattocks Down Farm

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016656: Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34797
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS64SW/37
• Old SAM Ref: 32216
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS64SW11

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica (Monograph). SDV323771.

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

Not shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953 - 1972, SS64SW11 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV64628.

On the site of a lost menhir, described by Lysons as disappeared by 1822, there is a low mound, much spread, probably a barrow. Barrow 'D' of diameter 20 metres, height 0.5 metres. Also listed as Barrow (1). Other details: Barrow 'D', Plan.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 117 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Site visited on 3rd April 1961.Rround barrow diameter 20 paces, height 1 1/2 feet. East Down number 2.

Gerrard, H., 1998, 149857 (Un-published). SDV345887.

Bowl barrow at SS60034390 350 metres west of Higher Mattocks Down Farm.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Four Bowl Barrows and a Standing Stone 330 metres west of Higher Mattocks Down Farm (Schedule Document). SDV345880.

Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330 metres west of Higher Mattocks Down Farm situated in an elevated upland location overlooking the valleys of two tributaries to the River Yeo. All four barrows survive as circular mounds with encircling quarry ditches, from which material was derived during their construction. The mounds vary between 20.3 metres and 24.4 metres across and from 0.5 metres to 1.2 metres high. The ditches all survive as buried features from 3 metres to 5 metres wide. The standing stone is located on the south western edge of the central barrow and measures 1.5 metres long, 0.8 metres wide at the base and 2.5 metres high. A few scattered flints have been retrieved from the area surrounding these barrows and standing stone. The field boundary which crosses the monument is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath is included. Despite reduction in their height through cultivation all four barrows survive well and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to their use and construction, and the surrounding landscape. These barrows form part of a dispersed group. Other details: Monument 32216.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34797 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345881.

Four bowl barrows and a standing stone situated in an elevated upland location overlooking the valleys of two tributaries to the River Yeo. All four barrows survive as circular mounds with encircling quarry ditches. The mounds vary between 20.3 metres and 24.4 metres across and from 0.5 metres and 1.2 metres high. The ditches all survive as buried features from 3 metres to 5 metres wide. The standing stone is located on the south western edge of the central barrow and measures 1.5 metres long, 0.8 metres wide at the base and 2.5 metres high.
Barrow 'D' - at SS60054389. The site of the lost stone according to the reconstructed plan, falls upon a mound which is much spread out and has a diameter of 20 metres and a height of 0.5 metres. It is probably a barrow. The entire area is under grass. Other details: Barrow 'D'.

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

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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