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Summary

A Late Neolithic to Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on the highest point of a ridge to the south of Borough Farm. The mound is composed of stony soil with many fragments of white quartz, with an encircling ditch visible on the north and east sides.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019316: Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm
• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow south of Borough Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441050
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NW/40
• Old SAM Ref: 33753
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX64NW 34

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1987 - 1989, SX64NW34 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343395.

Site visit 23rd March 1987. A well defined earthen round barrow is situated at 110 metres on the crest of a long narrow north-east to south-west ridge in regularly cultivated arable ground. It occupies a prominent position which has commanding views in almost all directions and it overlooks two nearly contiguous barrows. The mound is spread by deep ploughing and now measures approx 30 metres by 28 metres and it is on average 0.7 metres high with a maximum height of 1 metre. Its surface is covered with a denser spread of small stone and fragments of white quartz than occurs elsewhere in the field. Whether this stone accumulated naturally during the construction of the mound or whether it was 'imported' is not clear.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6048 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

An oval mound is visible as an earthwork.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2001, Bowl Barrow 470 Metres South of Borough Farm (Schedule Document). SDV343396.

A Late Neolithic to Bronze Age bowl barrow situated on the highest point of a south-west to north-east ridge, with wide local views in all directions. The barrow has a mound 38 metres in diameter and up to 0.7 metres high. An encircling ditch is visible on the north and east sides and is between 4 metres and 6 metres wide by about 0.1 metre deep. The mound is composed of stony soil with many fragments of white quartz.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 107 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 100 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 105 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems. Declining. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

An oval mound, circa 30m long by 26m wide, is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The earthwork, situated on a prominent ridge, is interpreted as a Bronze Age burial mound.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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