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Summary

Bowl barrow in Prehistoric cemetery consisting of seven barrows on West Burrow Moor

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two prehistoric barrows west of Middle Burrow, part of barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor
• Scheduled Monument 1016215: Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34895
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71NE/6
• Old SAM County Ref: 269C
• Old SAM Ref: 30319.03
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS71NE2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2200 BC to 700 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Easternmost of two 'Tumuli' shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, 3G/TUD/UK22, 5217 (Aerial Photograph). SDV345129.

Fox, A., 1949, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345123.

Site visit.

Ministry of Works, 1952, Six Barrows near Gidley Cross (Schedule Document). SDV345118.

Six barrows near Gidley Cross. Barrow c): ploughed and spread 70 foot (21.33 metres) diameter by 2.5 foot (0.76 metres) high. Other details: Barrow c).

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

Site visited on 21st May 1962. Barrow under arable, diameter 22 paces, height 2 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1970 - 1979, SS71NE2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345127.

Three barrows to the west of Middle Burrow. East Worlington 3: bowl barrow 22 paces in diameter by 2 feet high on arable land. Round barrow under pasture but spread by former ploughing. Other details: East Worlington Number 3.

Department of Environment, 1987, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV345121.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted for ploughing and reseeding.

Palmer, R., 1993, Culm Measures Aerial Photograph Assessment, 3 (Report - Assessment). SDV339534.

Other details: Appendix 2.

Dyer, M. J., 1994, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV337166.

Site visited on 3rd March 1993. Barrow circa 20 metres diameter and circa 0.7 metres high. Ploughed 6 inches deep circa 5 years ago. A ring ditch around this and the adjoining barrow to the west was identified as a cropmark from aerial photographs, but no evidence noticed when ploughed or field visit.

Nellor, B., 1994, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345131.

Department of Environment, 1996, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV345122.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted for reseeding an area of the monument to permanent pasture.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997, Round Barrow Cemetery on West Burrow Moor (Schedule Document). SDV345119.

Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor. The monument includes seven bowl barrows in six areas of protection. It is located on a high upland ridge in an area known as Burrow Moor. Each barrow is surrounded by a ditch surviving as a buried feature 2 metres wide. A possible outlier to this group lies to the west and is the subject of a separate scheduling. The seven barrows vary in diameter between 22.6 meters and 35.6 metres and in height between 0.4 metres and 1.4 metres. The barrows are spread over an area of some 600 metres. Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age and comprise groups of up to 30 rubble and earthen mounds covering single or multiple burials.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34895 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345132.

Three bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery in an area known Burrow Moor. The barrows vary in diameter between 22.6 metres and 35.6 metres, and in height between 0.4 metres and 1.4 metres. Each barrow is surrounded by a quarry ditch surviving as a buried feature 2 metres wide. Scheduled.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

One of two 'Tumuli' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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