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Summary

A mound surrounded by a broad shallow ditch or berm and narrow outer bank, possibly a bell barrow of Bronze Age date, was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s on the gentle south-facing slopes south of Burrow Farm, Clayhidon parish. The earthworks have probably been levelled.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric round barrow east of Whitdown Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 188671
• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Quinnell, O. S, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV57872.

1938 Clayhidon Tithe Map & Apportionment shows a mound c30m diameter named 'The Burrow' in a field called 'Burrow Close'. Now part pasture, part root crops; undulating but no evidence of a barrow. Two others nearby from same source.

1840s, Clayhidon (Cartographic). SDV57873.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Circular feature shown on RAF aerial photograph c35m diameter in the southern half of a former rectilinear field. The eastern & southern field boundaries have since been removed Other details: Digital Mapping.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork mound surrounded by a broad shallow ditch or berm and narrow outer bank was visible.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.

An earthwork mound surrounded by a broad shallow ditch or berm and narrow outer bank was clearly visible.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1975, ST10NE 7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV57875.

An undulating field, part pasture, part root crops with no ground evidence of a barrow.

Hunting Surveys Limited, 1982, HSL/UK/82/45 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359526.

Slight surface earthworks and cropmarks were visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The mound cannot be seen as an earthwork but a narrow cropmark of a ditch was visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

An earthwork mound approximately 16 to 18 metres in diameter was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 and 1948 on the gentle south-facing slopes roughly 450m north of Jack’s House, Clayhidon parish. The mound was surrounded by a shallow ditch or berm between 6 and 9 metres wide, which in turn was enclosed by a possible narrow bank 3 to 4 metres wide. The earthworks are interpreted as a possible bell barrow of Bronze Age date. Slight earthworks and cropmarks were visible on aerial photographs of 1982. No evidence of the mound can be seen on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 and the above ground earthworks might have been levelled, but a narrow cropmark of an outer ditch was visible, indicating that sub-surface remains survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV342938	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital.
SDV359526	Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1982. HSL/UK/82/45. Hunting Aero Surveys Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV359578	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). [Mapped feature: #82228 ]
SDV57872	Correspondence: Quinnell, O. S.
SDV57873	Cartographic: 1840s. Clayhidon. Tithe Map.
SDV57875	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1975. ST10NE 7. ST10NE.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV3130 - Unnamed Event
• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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