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Summary

A circular bank is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as an overgrown earthwork on Teignmouth Golf Course. The earthwork may be the remains of a mutilated barrow of Bronze Age Date. The banks have probably been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NW/14
• Pastscape: 447670

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.

According to l. J. Taylor, damaged by a bomb in ww2 (grinsell).

Shortt, W. T. P., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV23194.

Vis=estimated -/-/1878(shortt) in a tumulus by the roadside on little haldon were found coins of claudius, antoninus pius, faustina the younger, julia maesa, caracalla, philip and probus.

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

Vis=12/4/1960 (os) an extremely mutilated and misshapen barrow now a heather covered rim with a large central hollow. This is probably the barrow in which shortt records roman coins were found.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285826.

Barrow c third and southernmost of the three barrows north of humber down. Barrow rim max height 0.5m, central hollow depth 1.0m.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285831.

Osa=sx97nw5/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285832.

Osa=sx97nw8.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285833.

Shortt, w. T. /collectanea curiosa antiqua damnonia/(1842)34-36.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285834.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)28.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285835.

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

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=13/3/1996 (ea) not located (ea).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3084-3085 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

A bank is visible as a vegetation covered earthwork.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX9175 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

The bank could not be identified as an earthwork.

Google, 2017, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 20-DEC-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV360456.

A very slight cropmark of a bank was visible.

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 bank up to circa 4m wide is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 defining a circular enclosed area approximately 10m in diameter. The width of the bank is difficult to accurately record due to dense vegetation cover. The interior of the embanked area appears sunken except for further vegetation, which might indicate a small central mound. The earthwork is interpreted as the remains of a mutilated barrow of Bronze Age Date.
The banks are not identifiable as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 or digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2018, although slight cropmarks of a bank are possible visible on the latter. The barrow earthworks have therefore probably been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1004	Migrated Record:
SDV23194	Migrated Record: Shortt, W. T. P..
SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV285826	Migrated Record:
SDV285831	Migrated Record:
SDV285832	Migrated Record:
SDV285833	Migrated Record:
SDV285834	Migrated Record:
SDV285835	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 3084-3085 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #115999 ]
SDV360456	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2017. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 20-DEC-2018.
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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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX9175 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017.
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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