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Summary

One of a group of at least six barrows, in a field known as Seven Barrow Field. Part of a larger barrow cemetery on Broad Down, visible as an distinct earthwork on lidar data visualisations captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017642: Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 144377
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/42
• Old SAM County Ref: 241I
• Old SAM Ref: 29634
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SY19SE12B

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ministry of Public Building and Works, Southleigh and Fairway Group of Barrows on Broad Down (Schedule Document). SDV342868.

Round barrow, without visible ditch, in southern section of Bronze Age cemetary. In triangular field, undisturbed, fairly large mound.

Hutchinson, P. O., 1848-1894, Diaries (Un-published). SDV339321.

Hutchinson number 54 . Hutchinson's diary entry of 25th March 1871 gives sketch plan of these barrows.

Kirwan, R., 1868, Memoir of the Examination of Three Barrows at Broad Down, Farway, near Honiton, 634-41 (Article in Serial). SDV123831.

Barrow B, about 100 metres south-west of barrow A, originally surrounded by a shallow fosse. Height had been reduced by ploughing. At the centre was burnt earth and charcoal, with a few calcined flints at intervals. A layer of large flat stones overlay the burnt materials of the mound. No interment was found. In the debris thrown out by the workmen from the excavation trench was found an incense cup. No sepulchral urn found in the barrow. The incense cup may have been a secondary interment, of a later date. Renewed excavation on the north-east side of the centre of the mound revealed deposit of charcoal, ruddle and fragments of calcined flint. Resting on this was a compact mass of incinerated bones. About 2 metres south of the mound, not far from the surface and resting upon the layer of capping stones, two large fragments of pottery found. Devoid of ornamentation. Probably pieces of the urn. Other details: Plates 5 and 6.

Kirwan, R., 1868, Sepulchral Barrows at Broad Down, Devon, and a Unique Cup of Bituminous Shale Found There, 290-311 (Article in Serial). SDV123840.

Kirwan, R., 1869, Untitled Source, 279 (Article in Serial). SDV342872.

Worth, R. N., 1880, 2nd Report of the Barrow Committee, 132-4 (Article in Serial). SDV123157.

Other details: Map.

Unknown, 1926, Cross on 'Incense-Cup', 182-4 (Article in Serial). SDV342873.

Fox, A., 1948, The Broad Down (Farway) Necropolis and the Wessex Culture in Devon, 19 (Article in Serial). SDV123165.

Number 51. Diameter 95 feet, height 5 feet 6 inches.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1975 - 1980, SY19SE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV342869.

Visited on 19th November 1975. Bowl barrow 34.0 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres high with traces of a filled in trench on the west side. Other details: Barrow B; photograph and plan.

Robinson, R., 1982, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV342809.

Other details: Site visit 07/07/1982.

Robinson, R., 1982, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV345608.

Site visit by Department of Environment Field Monument Warden on 7th July 1982.

Grinsell, L. V., 1983, The Barrows of South and East Devon, 34 (Article in Serial). SDV337013.

Other details: Number 21.

Robinson, R., 1986, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1986 (Un-published). SDV345664.

Site visit by Department of Environment Field Monument Warden on 6th March 1986.

Sainsbury, I. S., 1991, Barrows (Worksheet). SDV342870.

A grass covered mound about.28.5 metres in diameter, slightly elongated north-east to south-west by ploughing. It varies from 1.1 metres high on the south-east and up to 2 metres on the north-west, but generally it is about 1.5 metres high. Its flat top, about 8 metres in diameter, is slightly offset towards the east side. The ground falls away to the west side of the barrow and there is no trace of the ditch. There is no evidence of Kirwan's excavation trench. Other details: Plan.

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., 1993, Archaeological Survey and Management Study of Areas on Gittisham Hill, Farway Hill, and Broad Down, East Devon, 25 (Report - Survey). SDV123162.

Visited on 4th November 1992. Stable, in pasture. Shape distorted by excavation.

Salvatore, J. P., 1997, Bowl Barrow, Part of a Group in Seven Barrow Field on Broad Down, 144377 (Un-published). SDV342871.

Visited on 12th August 1997. Bowl barrow. Large domed mound circa 1.9 metres high and 34 metres diameter, with no evidence of surrounding ditch. The distortion caused by previous excavation, reported by Simpson and Noble, was not visible under crop.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1998, Round Barrow Cemetery on Broad Down (Schedule Document). SDV342874.

One of a group of at least six barrows, in a field known as Seven Barrow Field, clustered together in no obvious formation. Part of a larger barrow cemetery on Broad Down, in which some of the barrows are arranged in linear formation, some are clustered in groups or pairs and others are relatively isolated. The height of the barrow mounds in Seven Barrow Field varies between 0.2 and 1.7 metres which represents the highest survival in the cemetery as a whole. The diameter of their mounds varies between 14 and 34 metres. At least one of the group has evidence for a surrounding quarry ditch which is visible as a slight depression around the mound.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 363 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 96 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 87 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

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

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1794 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The barrow is visible as a large earthwork mound.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

The barrow is visible as a large circular earthwork mound on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 circa 30m across.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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