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Summary

One of two bowl barrows to north of Natson Farm, visible on aerial photographs but no trace of earthworks on ground. Part of a complex of ritual and funerary monuments centred around the village of Bow.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015476: Two bowl barrows 250m north of Natson Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 899917
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS70SW/117
• Old SAM Ref: 28638

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, SS7101, 4-5, 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, 310-5 (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 relatively flat area of land towards the end of a low, gentle spur. Higher land lies to the south. No evidence of earthworks.

Unknown, 1991, Untitled Source (Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry). SDV343174.

South of Natson Mill, part of a sub-circular enclosure (diameter approximately 40 metres), possible internal feature and inner ditch. First recorded by aerial reconnaissance in 1984.

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

Horner, B., 1994, DAP/WK, 0-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDV321066.

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

Gerrard, S., 1996, Two Bowl Barrows 250 metres North of Natson Farm, 139596 (Un-published). SDV343178.

Site visit 15/03/1996. At SS71570112. This barrow survives as a sub-circular ditch measuring 30 metres in diameter and aerial photographs indicate a feature of unknown function lying within its interior. Monument Protection Programme fieldwork was carried out in ideal climatic conditions and despite this no trace of a mound could be seen during the visit.

Department of National Heritage, 1997, Two Bowl Barrows 250 metres North of Natson Farm (Schedule Document). SDV343179.

This monument includes two bowl barrows, aligned broadly east-west, 250 metres north of Natson Farm, Bow and 140 metres south-east of the River Yeo, in a low lying field occupying a slightly raised spur of land. This monument forms part of a complex of ritual and funerary monuments centred around the village of Bow. The area is also associated with the placename `Nymett' which is thought to have sacred Celtic significance. The western barrow is sub-circular, and aerial photographs indicate it to have an internal feature and a 30 metres diameter quarry ditch, all of which are preserved as buried features.

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, 899917 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343180.

Two Bronze Age bowl barrows. The eastern barrow survives as a circular mound around which is a ditch which survies as a buried feature. The western barrow and its associated quarry ditch both survive as buried features. Other details: SS70SW 35.

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, 94 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 89 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

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

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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