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Summary

A tree topped mound of unknown date and function is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an earthwork on the south-east facing slopes east of Hamblecombe Lane, Ideford.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87NE/205

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) INHUMATION? (Unknown date)
• MOUND (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD? to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

LANDOWNER BELIEVES ONCE 5, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284743.

Small area within s end of field reputed locally to be plague burial site. Landowner says villager researched this. Site known locally as 'the fever trees'. Consists of what appears to be a rock outcrop with dumps of large stones cleared from field. It has 3 large fir trees (landowner believes once 5). He says he & others dug several feet down many years ago; whole area does not have rock under the surface (ie it is a feasible burial site).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284745.

Des=ea/(2/4/1997)/haldon ridge survey.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284746.

Manning, p. T. + walmsley, l. P. /devon county council haldon ridge archaeological survey phase ii/(1997)8; no 446/(ea report 97.43).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=2/4/1997 (ea) possible burial site.

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The mound falls within a plot, Plot 218, listed as a plantation named Clump.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3088-3089 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

A tree topped mound is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8877 08-AUG-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

The mound is visible as an area of rough grazing.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.

An irregularly shaped tree topped mound up to circa 28m across is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards as an earthwork on the upper south-east facing slopes of a hill, between Hamblecombe Lane and Town Farm Lane, Ideford.
The mound is not depicted as an earthwork on the 19th century maps available to the survey but does fall within plot 218 on the Tithe Map for Ideford, listed as a plantation named the Clump. The function of the mound is unknown, but the map evidence might support the interpretation that the mound predates the early 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV284743	Migrated Record: LANDOWNER BELIEVES ONCE 5.
SDV284745	Migrated Record:
SDV284746	Migrated Record:
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3088-3089 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #114267 ]
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV361515	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8877 08-AUG-2015.
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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