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Summary

The ring ditch, identified from aerial photographs, survives as a circular quarry ditch from which material to build a barrow was derived. The central mound is no longer visible.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015469: A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS61NE/51
• Old SAM Ref: 28630

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Griffith, F. M., 1985, DAP/EH, 10-12 (Aerial Photograph). SDV343828.

Ring ditch on Horridge Moor discovered by aerial reconnaissance in 1985. Approximately 15 metres in diameter.

Horner, B., 1991 - 1993, Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project (Un-published). SDV342164.

Site visit 15th January 1992. Site not visible but its position may be marked by an area of waterlogged ground. The field is currently under pasture but has been ploughed in the past.

1992, Untitled Source, AD 26 (Ground Photograph). SDV344318.

Simpson, S. J. + Weddell, P. J., 1993, Devon Culm Measures Rapid Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, 6 (Report - Survey). SDV337375.

Simpson, S. J., 1993, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV344313.

Site visit 18th May 1993. No mounds evident in this area.

Gerrard, H., 1996, A Round Barrow and Ring Ditch on Horridge Moor Lying 710 Metres North-west of Challacombe Cross Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery, 139585 (Un-published). SDV344312.

Site visit 14th November 1995. Ring ditch forming part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least 7 mounds and a ring ditch. The ring ditch survives as a 15 metres diameter circular quarry ditch from which material to build a barrow was derived. The central mound is no longer visible and the ditch is visible only on aerial photographs.

Department of National Heritage, 1997, A Bowl Barrow and Ring Ditch 700 Metres West-north-west of Challacombe Cross, Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery on Horridge Moor (Schedule Document). SDV344321.

This monument includes a bowl barrow and ring ditch situated in a prominent location on a south-east facing ridge overlooking the valley of Huntacott Water. These features form part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least six additional barrows. The ring ditch lies 20 metres to the north-west of the barrow and survives as a 15 metres diameter circular quarry ditch from which material to build a barrow was derived. The central mound is no longer visible. Two other barrows survive to the west and a further three to the east and these are the subject of separate schedulings. Map object based on this Source.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 910475 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV344324.

Ring ditch with a diameter of 15 metres, identified from aerial photographs on Horridge Moor. A field visit in 1992 by Devon Sites and Monuments Record identified an area of waterlogged ground. Field investigations in 1993, by Exeter Archaeological Unit, observed no features associated with the feature.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Map object based on this Source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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