See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

An oval mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1950 onwards, at Burrows Reservoir, Dawlish. The mound is probably the damaged remains of a barrow of Bronze Age date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NW/76

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.

Vis=26/7/1982 (grinsell) grass, surmounted by os triangulation station. Described by hutchinson as on dawlish water hill, half a mile north of dawlish. His drawing shows it in sheep's pasture. Diameter 13m in 1853, now (1982) 18m, height 3m (grinsell).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285068.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)32.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285069.

Hutchinson/sketches iv(17/11/1853).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285070.

Ea/swwsl environmental review. Archaeological survey report. Burrows reservoir/(1997)2/(ea report 97.60).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=-/-/9/1997 (ea) c.13m n-s by 10.2m e-w by c.1.3m high on n side. Truncated on e side by a path. At this point part of a section through it is visible, revealing small pieces of concrete in uppermost layers (just under turf) indicating that the mound has been added to in recent years. On its w side the close proximity to the tarmac track into the site and the rather angular slope of the mound, suggest that it has been altered; perhaps having soil removed rather than added. The top has a flat surface, which may have been levelled off when the triangulation pillar was set up (ea).

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/520, RAF/541/520 RS 4010-4011 13-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352112.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution), Devon County Council 2010 Aerial Photograph mosaic (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

An oval mound is visible on aerial photographs of 1950 as an oval earthwork approximately 16m by 13m in size. The mound is located between covered reservoirs to the east and a track to the west.
The mound is probably the remains of a barrow of Bronze Age date. The earthwork has probably been damaged by the construction of the reservoir and associated infrastructure, particularly by the track to the west.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1004	Migrated Record:
SDV285068	Migrated Record:
SDV285069	Migrated Record:
SDV285070	Migrated Record:
SDV346026	Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. Devon County Council 2010 Aerial Photograph mosaic.
SDV352112	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/520. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/520 RS 4010-4011 13-MAY-1950. [Mapped feature: #115017 ]
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.