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HER Number:MDV16999
Name:Barrow on the Mamhead-Kenton Parish Boundary

Summary

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

Location

Grid Reference:SX 925 809
Map Sheet:SX98SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishKenton
Civil ParishMamhead
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishKENTON
Ecclesiastical ParishMAMHEAD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 448063
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SW/35

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

MAX, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297405.

Mound is c.14m diam, 0.75m high (max). Surface is very irregular and damaged by tree growth.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297407.

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


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297408.

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


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297409.

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


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297410.

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=21/2/1996 (ea) located in dense conifer plantation. Area of barrow has been cleared and tracks cut to it.


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.

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.
SDV297405Migrated Record: MAX.
SDV297407Migrated Record:
SDV297408Migrated Record:
SDV297409Migrated Record:
SDV297410Migrated Record:
SDV346129Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #81962 ]
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 10:45AM

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