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Summary

Prehistoric barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery between Wrangworthy and Cudjamoor.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018514: Three bowl barrows 160m north west of Venn Cottages forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• SHINE: Prehistoric bowl barrow near Venn Cross

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS31NE/9
• Old SAM County Ref: 164(1)
• Old SAM Ref: 30343
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS31NE 14(B)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ministry of Works, 1928, Cudjamoor Group of Barrows (Schedule Document). SDV340092.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 118 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Visited 14th September 1965. Bowl barrow 'B': diameter 35 paces, height 5 feet.

Department of Environment, 1972, Group of Round Barrows North of Venn Cottages (Schedule Document). SDV340091.

Visited 24th September 1970. Additional area and change of title.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SS31NE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV340097.

Visited 11th October 1977. Site B. Bowl barrow, 31 metres in diameter, 1.4 metres high. No visible ditch. In good condition.

Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology, 1979 - 1981, North Devon Barrow Survey, DCRA ND20 (Archive - Survey). SDV341310.

Site visit 7th May 1979. No change from Ordnance Survey description. Good condition.
Site visit 9th november 1979. 30.5 metres diameter, 1.44 metres high. Little damaged, exept for a slight flattening and spread at the edges. Best preserved of the group. No visible ditch. In pasture.

Bayer, O. J., 1996, Barrows in the Torridge District of North West Devon: A Study in Distribution and Location, East Putford 8 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV319515.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Three Bowl Barrows 160 Metres North-west of Venn Cottages Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV340089.

The easternmost of three bowl barrows which lie 160 metres north-west of Venn Cottages, situated on a high upland ridge which overlooks the valley of a tributary to the River Torridge. These three barrows form part of a larger cemetery which lies along this ridge. It survives as a circular mound which measures 32.7 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.8 metres high. The surrounding ditch, from which material was quarried during the construction of the mound, is preserved mainly as a buried feature, although it may be traced on the northern side where it measures 4.4 metres wide and 0.1 metres deep.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 114 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

'Tumuli' shown on modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 107 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 113 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse. Declining.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4415 - Devon Barrow Survey

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