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Summary

A bowl barrow is visible on aerial photographs from the 1940’s onwards and on LiDAR images of between 1998-2008 to the south of East Charleton

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019790: Bowl barrow 400m south of Home Farm, forming an outlying part of a round barrow cemetery
• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow south east of West Charleton

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1344670
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX74SE/115
• Old SAM Ref: 33778

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Environment Agency, 1998-2008, Lidar data JPEG SX74SE DSM, LIDAR SX74SE DSM Environment Agency MAY-1998-APR-2008 (Cartographic). SDV351207.

The possible barrow is visible as an earthwork mound.

GetMapping, 1999, 133/99, DCC GM133/99 448-9 15-NOV-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351202.

The possible barrow is visible as an earthwork mound.

Bayer, O. J., 2000, Archaeological Investigation of a Possible Barrow Cemetery at West Charleton, Kingsbridge, South Devon (Report - non-specific). SDV336302.

Possible barrow identified by R. Waterhouse at West Charleton, Kingsbridge.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2001, Bowl Barrow 400 Metres South of Home Farm (Schedule Document). SDV343362.

Bowl barrow forming an outlier to a round barrow cemetery of the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, located on the northern edge of a hilltop overlooking a shallow valley with local views across the Kingsbridge estuary to the south and east. Earthen mound 23 metres in diameter and up to 0.8 metres high with an encircling quarry ditch 8 metres wide and 0.15 metres deep.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A possible barrow of Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs from the 1940’s onwards and on LiDAR images of between 1998-2008. The mound is sub-oval in shape and measures approximately 19m long by 16m wide.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336302	Report - non-specific: Bayer, O. J.. 2000. Archaeological Investigation of a Possible Barrow Cemetery at West Charleton, Kingsbridge, South Devon. Exeter Archaeology Report. 00.16. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV343362	Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Bowl Barrow 400 Metres South of Home Farm. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351202	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 133/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. DCC GM133/99 448-9 15-NOV-1999.
SDV351207	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2008. Lidar data JPEG SX74SE DSM. Environment Agency Lidar data. Digital. LIDAR SX74SE DSM Environment Agency MAY-1998-APR-2008. [Mapped feature: #97243 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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