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Summary

Barrow 'I' is one of thirteen in the cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down. No evidence of the barrow was noted on aerial photographs or lidar derived images.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004572: Crownhill Down, barrow cemetery

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 438398
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/1/8
• Old SAM County Ref: 759I

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RS 4251-4252 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

No evidence of the barrow was noted on aerial photographs.

Department of Environment, 1970, Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343785.

Barrow (I) a ring cairn robbed in the centre with the outline of a cist in the centre. Diameter 8.5 metres and 0.5 metres high. Other details: Monument 759.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 170 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Site visited on 5th September 1972.. Cairn or barrow 9 metres diameter and 0.3 metres high.

Edwards, C., 1979, An archaeological survey of an area surrounding Hemerdon Ball (Report - Survey). SDV337241.

Site visited on 15th June 1979.

Department of Environment, 1986, Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343786.

Crownhill Down Prehistoric cemetery Barrow (I/J). Other details: Monument 759.

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

One of the thirteen cairns in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down.

Fletcher, M., 2002, The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report, 4 (Report - Survey). SDV343412.

Other details: Figure 3 and Crownhill Down Survey.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 438398 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343789.

Group of round barrows or cairns on Crownhill Down. Barrow (I) is a flat topped or platform barrow 9.5 metres in diameter and up to 0.4 metres high. It is being damaged on the west side by a horse riding trail. Other details: Barrow I.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5759 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

No evidence of the barrow was noted on lidar derived images.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 05-APR-2007 ACCESSED 11-JUN-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

No evidence of the barrow was noted on aerial photographs.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

No evidence of a barrow was noted in this location on the aerial photographs or lidar derived images available to the survey.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1004572 (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
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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