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Summary

A bowl barrow is depicted on late 19th century historic mapping to the northeast of Bridgemoor Cross, Bridgerule. Earthworks of a sub-circular mound which is enclosed by a shallow outer ditch are visible on gentle southeast facing slope on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric bowl barrow north-east of Bridgemoor Cross
• Scheduled Monument 1020082: Bowl barrow 470m north east of Dux

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 31952
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS20SE/506
• Old SAM Ref: 34271
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS20SE3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

The earthworks are situated with land parcel 226 which is recorded as ‘Burrow Moor’.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Barrow' shown on 19th century map as a small circular earthwork to the south of the road.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Tumulus' shown on early 20th century map.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 113 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Site visited on 7th April 1969. Round barrow north of Dux of diameter 35 paces, under grass.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SS20SE3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV346483.

On slight south facing slope is large oval grass covered earth and stone bowl barrow with no visible ditch measuring 37 metres by 31 metres by 1.2 metres high.

Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology, 1979 - 1981, North Devon Barrow Survey, DCRA ND73 (Archive - Survey). SDV341310.

Site visited on 11th October 1979. Diameter 32.5 metres, height 1.16 metres. Large barrow somewhat flattened and spread but still in good condition. Reported to have been dug into recently. Also reported to be ploughed occasionally. Seems reasonably intact despite disturbance, good condition. No sign of ditch. At present in pasture.

Bayer, O. J., 1996, Barrows in the Torridge District of North West Devon: A Study in Distribution and Location, Bridgerule 1 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV319515.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-DEC-2004 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Earthworks of a sub-circular mound with outer ditch are visible.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Further details from the survey database, including aerial photograph references and interpretive text, are awaiting accessioning.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2002, Bowl Barrow 470 metres north-east of Dux (Schedule Document). SDV346484.

This monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the watershed between the valleys of a tributary to the River Tamar and a tributary to Derwent Water. The monument includes a circular mound which measures 33.2 metres in diameter and 1.3 metres high. The surrounding quarry ditch from which material to construct the mound was derived is preserved as an approximately 3 metres wide buried feature. Bowl barrows are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age. The barrow survives well and will contain both archaeological information relating to the monument itself as well as environmental material concerning the surrounding landscape. Other details: Monument 34271.

National Monuments Record, 2011, 31952 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV346485.

Bowl barrow north-east of Dux. The barrow mound measures 33.4 metres in diameter and stands 1.3 metres high. The surrounding ditch, now infilled, is roughly 3 metres wide.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

'Tumulus' shown on modern mapping 320 metres to the north-east of Bridgemoor Cross

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

Earthworks of a sub-circular mound with outer ditch are visible.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.

Earthworks of a sub-circular mound, circa 24m diameter, which is enclosed by a shallow outer ditch, circa 6m wide, are visible on gentle southeast facing slope on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013.
The earthworks are situated within land parcel 226 on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, which is recorded as ‘Burrow Moor’ on the accompanying Tithe Apportionment. It does not correspond with any features shown on this map, although an earthwork labelled as ‘Barrow’ is depicted here on the late 19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
The visible earthworks correspond with features previously transcribed from aerial photographs during the Tamar Valley NMP survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4415 - Devon Barrow Survey
• EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)

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