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Summary

One of a group of at least six barrows clustered together in no obvious formation, part of a larger barrow cemetery on Broad Down. Visible as ploughed-down mound, no traces of surrounding ditch. Its north-east side is faintly visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2019.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017642: Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/91
• Old SAM County Ref: 241J
• Old SAM Ref: 29634
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SY19SE 12C

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Ministry of Public Building and Works, Southleigh and Fairway Group of Barrows on Broad Down (Schedule Document). SDV342868.

Southern section of a Bronze Age cemetery extending to Farway Hill and Gittisham Hill, all are round barrows without visible ditches. Thirteen more or less intact, others recently destroyed by deep cultivation.

Worth, R. N., 1880, 2nd Report of the Barrow Committee, 130 (Article in Serial). SDV123157.

Fox, A., 1948, The Broad Down (Farway) Necropolis and the Wessex Culture in Devon, 1-19 (Article in Serial). SDV123165.

Other details: Map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1975 - 1980, SY19SE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV342869.

Visited on 19/11/1975. Spread, rather oval and amorphous barrow, approximately 24 metres by 28 metres and 0.4 metres high. Spread by ploughing. Other details: Barrow C.

Grinsell, L. V., 1983, The Barrows of South and East Devon, 34 (Article in Serial). SDV337013.

Other details: Barrow no 22.

Robinson, R., 1986, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1986 (Un-published). SDV345664.

Field monument warden visit on 06/03/1986.

Sainsbury, I. S., 1991, Barrows (Worksheet). SDV342870.

When visited by Fox in 1948 it was 10.6 metres in diameter, 0.6 metres high. Now only just discernible as an oval rise, best seen from south. Approximately 10 metres in diameter north-south and spread slightly more transversely. Maximum height 0.3 metres.

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., 1993, Archaeological Survey and Management Study of Areas on Gittisham Hill, Farway Hill, and Broad Down, East Devon, 26 (Report - Survey). SDV123162.

Visited on 04/11/1992. Stable, in pasture field.

Salvatore, J. P., 1997, Bowl Barrow, Part of a Group in Seven Barrow Field on Broad Down, 144381 (Un-published). SDV342885.

Visited on 12/08/1997. Bowl barrow visible as a ploughed-down mound. Diameter circa15 metres, height circa 0.2 metres. No traces of surrounding ditch.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1998, Round Barrow Cemetery on Broad Down (Schedule Document). SDV342874.

One of a group of at least six barrows, in a field known as Seven Barrow Field, clustered together in no obvious formation. Part of a larger barrow cemetery on Broad Down, in which some of the barrows are arranged in linear formation, some are clustered in groups or pairs and others are relatively isolated. The height of the barrow mounds in Seven Barrow Field varies between 0.2 and 1.7 metres which represents the highest survival in the cemetery as a whole. The diameter of their mounds varies between 14 and 34 metres. At least one of the group has evidence for a surrounding quarry ditch which is visible as a slight depression around the mound.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 364 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 96 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 87 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1794 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A slight curvilinear bank is faintly visible as an earthwork.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

The barrow is not clearly discernible, however a slight curvilinear earthwork bank is faintly visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The bank coresponds approximately to the north-east side of the barrow as depicted on modern maps and may be its remains, indicating it may have suffered from ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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