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Summary

Bowl barrow to south-west of Hampson Cross, part of a complex of ritual and funerary monuments concentrated around the village of Bow.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Bronze Age bowl barrow south east of Hampson Cross
• Scheduled Monument 1015474: Bowl barrow 220m south west of Hampson Cottage

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 899910
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS70SW/126
• Old SAM Ref: 28635

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, SS7101, 1,6-7,14,19-20,24,29-33,35-37 (Aerial Photograph). SDV58687.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/AT, 10 (Aerial Photograph). SDV41847.

Griffith, F. M., 1985, Some Newly Discovered Ritual Monuments in Mid Devon, 310-4 (Article in Serial). SDV58685.

Other details: Figure 1.

Simpson, S. J., 1991, Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project (Un-published). SDV342166.

Site visit 05/02/1991. The ring ditch appears to be south of the linear depression which runs east to west across the field, and continues into the field to west.

Unknown, 1991, Untitled Source (Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry). SDV343166.

Ring ditch of 12-15 metres diameter south-west of Hampson Cottage first recorded by aerial reconnaissance in 1984.

Simpson, S. J., 1991, Untitled Source, AA20 (Ground Photograph). SDV343168.

Griffith, F. M., 1994, DAP/XB, 5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224905.

Gerrard, S., 1996, Bowl Barrow 220 Metres South-west of Hampson Cottage (Un-published). SDV343164.

Round barrow situated on a ridge between the valleys of the River Yeo to the south and the Venn Lake to the north. It forms part of a complex of ritual and funerary monuments concentrated around the village of Bow. It is associated with the placename 'Nymet' which has significance to sacred Celtic monuments. The barrow survives as a circular mound with a diameter of 12.4 metres and is 0.2 metres high. The ditch from which construction material was quarried surrounds the barrow and survives as a buried feature which is clearly visible on aerial photographs.

Miller, A., 1996, RCHME Aerial Photograph Primary Recording Project (Interpretation). SDV53184.

Department of National Heritage, 1997, Bowl Barrow 220 Metres South-west of Hampson Cottage (Schedule Document). SDV343169.

National Monuments Record, 2009, 899910 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV58684.

Four bowl barrows south-west of Hampson Cottage. Originaly identified as cropmarks and surviving as low mounds 0.2-0.4 metres high and up to 22 metres across. Ditches are visible on the air photographs and survive as buried features. Other details: SS70SW 33.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 101 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 93 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 98 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse. Declining. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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