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Summary

Four mounds aligned along an east-west ridge have been interpreted as barrows. The largest, at the west end is 50 metres diameter and up to 1.6 metres high. The mounds are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and are not convincingly archaeological in appearance. Further field investigation is required to clarify the character of the mounds.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019534: Four bowl barrows 270m west of The Downs
• SHINE: Four prehistoric barrows north west of Thurlestone

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1344470
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64SE/110
• Old SAM Ref: 33782

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NON ANTIQUITY? (Unknown date)
• BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV178511.

Vis=est -/-/2000 (ancient monuments) 4 bowl barrows 270m w of the downs.

AM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178512.

Four barrows aligned along an e-w ridge. Largest lies at w end, and is 50m n diam, up to 1.6m high. Partly built on a rock outcrop which has been exposed on n side of mound by a small post-medieval quarry. A small barrow to the nw overlies the edge of the larger mound, and is 20m in diam, up to 0.8m high. To e, a third mound on rising ground is 39m in diam, up to 0.9m high. A fourth, very slight mound immediately to its se is 22m in diam, up to 0.4m high and is crossed by a later hedge. All quarry ditches survive as buried features (am).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178513.

Des=ancient monuments/(-/-/2000)/as above.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 3129-3130 1-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

Irregularly shaped low mounds are visible. They appear natural in origin.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, Lidar data JPEG SX64SE DSM, LIDAR SX73NW DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012 (Cartographic). SDV351490.

The mounds do not appear convincingly archaeological in origin.

Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX6743 13-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351301.

Irregularly shaped low mounds are visible. They appear natural in origin.

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

The mounds recorded by the above authority are not clearly identifiable on the aerial photographs available to the survey. Two low and irregularly shaped mounds are identifiable on images derived from Lidar data acquired between 1998 and 2012, but do not appear convincingly archaeological in character. It is possible the mounds are geological in origin. Further field investigation is required to clarify the character of the mounds.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV178511	Report - Survey: Ancient Monuments.
SDV178512	Migrated Record: AM.
SDV178513	Migrated Record:
SDV351060	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 3129-3130 1-NOV-1945.
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.
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SDV351301	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX6743 13-SEP-2002.
SDV351490	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. Lidar data JPEG SX64SE DSM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX73NW DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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