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Summary

The north-western of two barrows at Roncombe Gate Farm.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010271: Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill
• SHINE: Two Prehistoric bowl barrows at Roncombe Gate Farm

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 134677
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/19/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 129N
• Old SAM Ref: 24957
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SY19SE19

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Fox, A., 1948, The Broad Down (Farway) Necropolis and the Wessex Culture in Devon, 18 (Article in Serial). SDV123165.

Barrow 32 (Hutchinson's 46). Small mound, 25 feet in diameter, 2feet high. Has a flint core.

Ministry of Works, 1951, Farway Group of Barrows on Farway Hill (Schedule Document). SDV343238.

Both this and the adjacent barrow appear to have been excavated and filled. Other details: No. 129N.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1982 - 1994, SY19SE19 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343239.

Site visit April 1957. Tumuli located and surveyed.
Site visit 3rd February 1982. Barrow A (on plan). One of two barrows forming part of the Broad Down/Farway cemetery. A flat top bracken covered mound, 8.4 metres diameter and 0.5 metres high. [Note probable confusion between A and B. A = B on plan].

Grinsell, L. V., 1983, The Barrows of South and East Devon, 41 (Article in Serial). SDV337013.

Sidmouth 4. 8 metres diameter, 0.3 metres high. Bracken covered flinty mound.

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., 1993, Archaeological Survey and Management Study of Areas on Gittisham Hill, Farway Hill, and Broad Down, East Devon, 21 (Report - Survey). SDV123162.

Site visit 4th November 1992. Overgrown with bracken and brambles. There is a silage storage area immediately adjacent to the barrow.

Gibbons, 1993, Untitled Source, AI MPP/134677 (Un-published). SDV343240.

One of two barrows aligned north-west south-east and situated to the north-west of the saddle of a ridge on the edge of an area of heathland. This is a bowl barrow 9 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. It has an uneven profile and the edge of the mound is difficult to determine due to plant growth and the presence of a bank and fence enclosing a silage area that has been constructed closely around its west side. The western half of the mound appears to have had soil dumped on it during the construction of the silage area. There is no evidence of a ditch. The distance between this barrow and the adjacent barrow is 1 metre.

Department of National Heritage, 1995, Two Bowl Barrows to the North-West of Roncombe Gate Farm (Schedule Document). SDV343242.

[One of] two bowl barrows to the north-west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill. Aligned north-west south-east and situated to the north-west of the saddle of a ridge. [That] to the north-west is a bowl barrow about 9 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres in height with an uneven profile. Neither barrow has evidence of a ditch. Although partially disturbed by excavation and road construction, a significant proportion of the buried features of these barrows remains intact, including the old land surface which will contain evidence of the past environment. These barrow form an integral part of the wider group.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 284 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 89 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

Extensive significant problems i.e. under plough, collapse.

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

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 93 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems i.e. under plough, collapse. Declining.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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