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Summary

One of three bowl barrows situated on a high upland ridge overlooking the Sterridge Valley. They survive as circular mounds with their surrounding quarry ditches being preserved as buried features.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017143: Three bowl barrows 520m and 620m east of Lynton Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34168
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SW/27
• Old SAM Ref: 32222
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS54SW 2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3065-3066 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.

A pale roughly oval cropmark is visible.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951 - 1978, SS54SW2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343277.

No mention of third bowl barrow.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 111 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Site visit 2nd April 1961. Barrow east of Lynton Cross. Diameter: 12 paces, height: 6 inches. A grass covered bowl barrow.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Three Bowl Barrows 520 Metres and 620 Metres East of Lynton Cross (Schedule Document). SDV343276.

This monument, which falls into two areas, includes three bowl barrows situated on a high upland ridge overlooking the Sterridge Valley. They form part of a large dispersed group of similar monuments which extend across this upland ridge and are all the subject of several separate schedulings. The three barrows all survive as circular mounds with their surrounding quarry ditches being preserved as buried features. The northernmost mound measures 18.6 metres in diameter and is 0.4 metres high. It is surrounded by an approximately 2 metre wide quarry ditch and partially underlies a field boundary on its western side.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1671 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

The northernmost of 3 bowl barrows 520m + 620m east of Lynton Cross. Visit 1999: diam 18.6m, height 0.4m. Surrounded by quarry ditch approx 2m wide. Partly underlies a field boundary on its western side.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 104 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse.

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

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

The barrow is faintly visible as a pale irregularly shaped cropmark, approximately 14 metres in diameter, on aerial photographs taken in 1947. It is one of three or perhaps four Bronze Age burial mounds in this hilltop location. The barrow is not clearly visible on later aerial photographs, but is likely to survive as a slight earthwork.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV339712	Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1671.
SDV341569	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital.
SDV342694	Report - non-specific: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West. English Heritage Report. A4 Bound +Digital. 104.
SDV343276	Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 1999. Three Bowl Barrows 520 Metres and 620 Metres East of Lynton Cross. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled.
SDV343277	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951 - 1978. SS54SW2. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV350392	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 19/05/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3065-3066 19-MAY-1947.
SDV7849	Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1970. The Barrows of North Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 28. A5 Paperback. 111.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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