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Summary

An earthwork mound on Ideford Common, Ideford. The mound may be the remains of a barrow or cairn of Bronze Age date, part of a barrow cemetery recorded across Ideford Common. It is

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow south west of Court Bottom

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NW/2
• Pastscape: 447682

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=17/6/1953 (os) mound (diameter 9.5m, height 1.1m) with unsurveyable traces of possible surrounding ditch. Possibly a small bowl barrow.

TAYLOR + GRINSELL, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV285033.

Vis=6/9/1981 + 29/3/1982 (taylor + grinsell) heath. Ditch located only by probing. Diameter 10m and 1m in height measurements of the barrow. Ngr given as sx90327885.

TAYLOR, WORKSHEET, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV287437.

Vis=13/11/1977 (taylor) low chert circular cairn surrounded by (probably continuous) shallow ditch. The whole area is under heather with some gorse grading down to peat, and this vegetation up to 1m total depth emphasises the actual height of the cairn. This continuous cover suggests that the area round the cairn has not been disturbed in recent times. There are indications of other features, of a somewhat similar nature in the immediate vicinity, (200m or less distant) (taylor, worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287441.

Des=worksheet 13/11/1977/sketch on reverse.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287442.

Taylor, l. J. /das newsletter/9(1978)2.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287443.

Osa=sx97nw11.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287444.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)38.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287445.

Des=ea/haldon ridge survey archive/(9/7/1996)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=7/3/1996 (ea) very well preserved mound.9m diam by 1.25m high. Ditch not located.0.1m of peaty humus over surface.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 4087-4088 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX9078 08-JUN-2015 & 08-AUG-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.

A mound is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as a roughly circular subtle earthwork approximately 9m in diameter, on the gentle north-west facing upper slopes of Ideford Common, Chudleigh. The mound may be the remains of a barrow of Bronze Age date, part of a wider barrow cemetery recorded across Ideford Common (MDV79238).
The mound remains visible as a gorse covered earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2015. A slight trace of an outer ditch is identifiable from the 2015 imagery.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV285033	Report - Survey: TAYLOR + GRINSELL.
SDV287437	Report - Survey: TAYLOR, WORKSHEET.
SDV287441	Migrated Record:
SDV287442	Migrated Record:
SDV287443	Migrated Record:
SDV287444	Migrated Record:
SDV287445	Migrated Record:
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 4087-4088 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #114817 ]
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361515	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX9078 08-JUN-2015 & 08-AUG-2018.
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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