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Summary

Prehistoric bowl barrow 'F' the most northerly of two barrows to the west of Berry Down Cross forming part of a barrow cemetery on Berry Down

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019261: Two bowl barrows 170m west and 200m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34141
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SE/15
• Old SAM Ref: 34250
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS54SE4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953 - 1975, SS54SE4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV67176.

All the barrows were visited on 2nd April 1961, by Grinsell and Charles Whybrow when No 11 (E) and No 12 (F) were found.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 110 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Barrow on Berry Down. Cattle trough on top. North half removed for road. Diameter 17 paces, height 1.5 feet. Other details: Barrow 12.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2000, Two Bowl Barrows 170 Metres West and 200 Metres South-west of Berry Down Cross, Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery on Berry Down (Schedule Document). SDV344863.

This monument which falls within two separate areas of protection, includes two bowl barrows situated on the high upland ridge known as Berry Down, overlooking the Sterridge valley. They form part of a round barrow cemetery, of which seven barrows survive in all. The remaining barrows which form the round barrow cemetery are the subject of separate schedulings. The northernmost barrow survives as an oval mound 22.6 metres long east to west, 10.4 metres wide north to south and 0.4 metres high. The surrounding quarry ditch from which material to construct the mound was derived survives as a buried feature approximately 3 metres wide on all except the north side where the barrow is truncated by the road. The road is not included in the scheduling. To the north, part of the ditch underlies a field boundary. The field boundary which crosses the northernmost barrow is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath it is included. Despite reduction in height through cultivation, these bowl barrows survive comparatively well and contain archaeological and environmental information relating to the monument and its surrounding landscape. Other details: Monument 34250.

Exeter Archaeology, 2002, Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down, 5, 16 (Report - Assessment). SDV60793.

Other details: Figure 5, Site 6.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34141 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345979.

The remains of a round barrow cemetery, with seven now surviving and visible as earthworks. Part of one has been removed for road construction. Barrow 'F': at SS56994376 is a bowl barrow surviving as an oval mound 22.6 metres by 10.4 metres and 0.4 metres high.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 96 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

Extensive significant problems i.e. under plough, collapse. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 101 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems i.e. under plough, collapse. Declining. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1455 - Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down

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