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Summary

A bowl barrow on Horridge Moor, forming part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least seven mounds and a ring ditch.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015468: Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor
• SHINE: Three prehistoric barrows east of Orange Moor Cross, part of barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34910
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71NW/5
• Old SAM County Ref: 897
• Old SAM Ref: 28629
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS71NW2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 115 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Site visit 27th September 1969. Diameter 30 paces, height 2 feet. Grid reference given as SS70121615.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1971 - 1978, SS71NW2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV344303.

Department of Environment, 1972, Round Barrows on Horridge Moor (Schedule Document). SDV344294.

Site visit 30th March 1971. One of a group of three barrows, 30 yards diameter and 2 feet high, on open moorland. Top broad and flat with evidence of robbing in centre. Other details: Monument 897
Monument 897.

Weston, S., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1983 (Un-published). SDV343247.

Farrell, T., 1985, Barrows on Horridge Moor (Correspondence). SDV344299.

Site visit during May 1985. Condition as described above. Under grass.

Simpson, S. J., 1993, Barrows on Horridge Moor (Personal Comment). SDV344300.

Site visit 19th May 1993. Possible low broad barrow. Large central depression - material from centre may have been spread around the skirt.

Simpson, S. J. + Weddell, P. J., 1993, Devon Culm Measures Rapid Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, 6 (Report - Survey). SDV337375.

Gerrard, H., 1996, Round Barrow on Horridge Moor lying 610 Metres North-west of Challacombe Cross Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery (Un-published). SDV344302.

Site visit 14th November 1995. Round barrow forming part of a cemetery which includes at least seven mounds and a ring ditch. This barrow survives as a circular mound with a diameter of 16.2 metres and up to 0.7 metres high. The ditch surrounds the barrow and survives as a buried feature circa 2 metres wide.

Department of National Heritage, 1997, Bowl Barrow 590 Metres North-west of Challacombe Cross, Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery on Horridge Moor (Schedule Document). SDV344304.

Bowl barrow 590 metres north-west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor. This monument includes a bowl barrow situated in a prominent location on a south-east facing ridge overlooking the valley of the Huntacott Water. The barrow forms part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least seven mounds and a ring ditch. This barrow survives as a circular mound with a diameter of 16.2 metres standing up to 0.7 metres high. The ditch from which material to construct the mound was derived surrounds the barrow and survives as a buried feature circa 2 metres wide. The other barrows forming this cemetery are the subject of separate schedulings. Despite ploughing over the years, the barrow survives comparatively well and contains archaeological and environmental information relating to the mound and the surrounding landscape. This mound forms part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least seven barrows and a ring ditch. Other details: Monument 28629. Map object based on this Source.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34910 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV344331.

Two bowl barrows which form part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor. The barrows survive as circular mounds surrounded by infilled quarry ditches. These ditches survive as buried features. Barrow B at SS 70121616. Low broad barrow ? spread. Large depression in centre - material from centre may have been spread around the skirt. Other details: Barrow B.

Knight, S., 2010, Barrow 2152 and 25650 (Ground Photograph). SDV344308.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

'Tumulus' shown on modern mapping. Map object based on this Source.

Knight, S., 2010, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV344307.

Site visit 9th February 2010. Barrow in fairly good condition, although some molehills. Rushes growing in central depression. Other details: Digital photographs taken.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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