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Summary

An oval ring ditch, representing a levelled bowl barrow, which survives as a buried feature visible on aerial photographs. One of a complex of ritual and funerary monuments which are concentrated around the village of Bow.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015477: Ring ditch 150m north of Natson Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1080809
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS70SW/118
• Old SAM Ref: 28639

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, SS7101, 4-5, 8-9, 15-18, 21-23, 27-28 (Aerial Photograph). SDV58658.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/AT, 7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV41847.

Griffith, F. M., 1985, Some Newly Discovered Ritual Monuments in Mid Devon, 314 (Article in Serial). SDV58685.

Other details: Figure 1.

Griffith, F. M., 1988, DAP/KU, 10-12 (Aerial Photograph). SDV53186.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/MB, 12-14 (Aerial Photograph). SDV339116.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/NA, 2-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV47339.

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

Site visits 27/02/1991 and 24/04/1991. The site lies on a flat area of ground on a low spur, the land rises to the south.

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

South of Natson Mill, an oval ring ditch (approx 20 metres north-west to south-east, 12 metres south-west to north-east). First recorded by aerial reconnaissance in 1984.

Simpson, S. J., 1991, Untitled Source, AA 3 (Ground Photograph). SDV343168.

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

Gerrard, S., 1996, Ring Ditch 150 metres North of Natson Farm, 139597 (Un-published). SDV343184.

Site visit 15/03/1996. At SS71560104. Oval ring ditch. One of a complex of ritual and funerary monuments which are concentrated around the village of Bow. The area is also associated with the placename `Nymet' which is thought to have sacred Celtic significance. The ring ditch represents the remains of a round barrow quarry ditch and survives as a buried feature clearly indicated on aerial photographs. It is oval, 20 metres north-west to south-east and 12 metres south-west to north-east.

Department of National Heritage, 1997, Ring Ditch 150 metres North of Natson Farm (Schedule Document). SDV343185.

This monument includes an oval ring ditch, representing a levelled bowl barrow, 150 metres north of Natson Farm, Bow and 200 metres south of the River Yeo on a spur of land in a low lying field. This ring ditch forms part of a cluster of funerary and ritual monuments situated close to the present day village of Bow.

Caseldine, C. J. + Coles, B. J. + Griffith, F. M. + Hatton, J. M., 2000, Conservation or Change? Human Influence on the Mid Devon Landscsape, 64 (Article in Monograph). SDV343175.

National Monuments Record, 2009, 1080809 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343183.

An oval ring ditch, representing a levelled bowl barrow 150 metres north of Natson Farm, Bow. The ring ditch represents the ditch of a bowl barrow and survives as a buried feature clearly indicated on aerial photographs. Other details: SS70SW 54.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 102 (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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