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HER Number:MDV16987
Name:Barrow on Mamhead-Kenton Parish Boundary

Summary

One of a line of mounds on the Mamhead-Kenton parish boundary.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 926 813
Map Sheet:SX98SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishKenton
Civil ParishMamhead
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishKENTON
Ecclesiastical ParishMAMHEAD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 346334
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SW/29

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299639.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)31.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299640.

Polwhele, r. /history of devonshire/(1797)151.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV299641.

Des=ea/haldon ridge survey archive/(9/7/1996)/in smr.


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

Vis=29/3/1982 (turner + grinsell) large roughly circular mound; boundary mounds, uncertain whether originally barrows.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3991.

Mound on mamhead/kenton parish boundary. One of a group of nine recorded as sx98sw/29-37 (timms).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=22/2/1996 (ea) ngr located in a relatively open area inside the bend of a track curving sharply s. Could not positively identify a distinct mound. The path is deeply cut, and has obscured the original ground level (ea).


Timms, S. C., 1982, Barrows (Worksheet). SDV299638.

Des=timms, s. /worksheet/(13/7/1982).


Dyer, M., 1996, Devon County Council Haldon Ridge Survey: Summary Report, 28 (Report - Survey). SDV290454.


National Monuments Record, 2011, 448063 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV346334.

Bronze Age cairns. Other details: SX98SW17. Record last updated: N/A.


Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV284283Report - Survey: TURNER + GRINSELL.
SDV290454Report - Survey: Dyer, M.. 1996. Devon County Council Haldon Ridge Survey: Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 96.26. A4 Stapled + Digital. 28.
SDV299638Worksheet: Timms, S. C.. 1982. Barrows. Worksheet + Digital.
SDV299639Migrated Record:
SDV299640Migrated Record:
SDV299641Migrated Record:
SDV346129Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #81955 ]
SDV346334National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2011. 448063. National Monuments Record Database. Website.
SDV3991Migrated Record:
SDV79Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV79240Part of: Barrow Cemetery on Kenton-Mamhead Parish Boundary (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 28 2011 10:42AM