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Summary

Bowl barrow in Prehistoric cemetery consisting of seven barrows on West Burrow Moor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016215: Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34892
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71NE/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 269B
• Old SAM Ref: 30319.02
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS71NE1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2200 BC to 700 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Westernmost of four 'Tumuli' shown on 19th century map.

Fox, A., 1949, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345123.

Ministry of Works, 1952, Six Barrows near Gidley Cross (Schedule Document). SDV345118.

Six barrows near Gidley Cross. Barrow b): ploughed and spread 90 foot (27.43 metres) diameter by 3 foot (0.91 metres) high. Other details: Barrow b).

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 118 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Barrow of diameter 25 paces Height 3 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1970 - 1978, SS71NE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345116.

East Worlington Number 4: bowl barrow on arable land. Other details: East Worlington Number 4.

Griffith, F. M., 1983, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345124.

Site visited on 19th October 1983. Seen from road. Under grass, still a substantial mound.

Department of Environment, 1987, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV345121.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted for ploughing and reseeding.

Patchole, R. A. + Goodwin, D., 1995, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV337167.

Two barrows covered with rough grass about 2-3 feet high.

Department of Environment, 1996, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV345122.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted for reseeding an area of the monument to permanent pasture.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997, Round Barrow Cemetery on West Burrow Moor (Schedule Document). SDV345119.

Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor. The monument includes seven bowl barrows in six areas of protection. It is located on a high upland ridge in an area known as Burrow Moor. Each barrow is surrounded by a ditch surviving as a buried feature 2 metres wide. A possible outlier to this group lies to the west and is the subject of a separate scheduling. The seven barrows vary in diameter between 22.6 meters and 35.6 metres and in height between 0.4 metres and 1.4 metres. The barrows are spread over an area of some 600 metres. Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age and comprise groups of up to 30 rubble and earthen mounds covering single or multiple burials.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34892 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345117.

Four bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery, located on a high upland ridge in an area known as Burrow Moor. Each barrow is surrounded by a quarry ditch which survive as buried features 2 metres wide. The barrows vary in diameter between 22.6 metres and 35.6 metres, and in height between 0.4 metres and 1.4 metres. Scheduled.

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

Western of two 'Tumuli' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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