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Summary

The earthwork remains of an elongated oval mound, the centre of which has probably been robbed out, are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the west of Berry Camp. The date and function of the earthwork are unknown.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020710: Prehistoric field system on the cliffs above Littlecombe Shoot

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NE/27/5
• Old SAM County Ref: 852D
• Old SAM Ref: 33049

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW? (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)
• MOUND (Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC? (Between) to 1539 AD? (Between))

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV123803.

Vis=9/12/1970 (ancient monuments) 10 yards dia, 4 ft high. Attached to nw end of barrow e. Doubtful see head sheet.

SEE ALSO SUBSHEET 6, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV123805.

Vis=7/4/1989 (rchm) cairn 7. Schedules 852 (d) and (e). An elongate, cigar-shaped mound robbed in centre leaving a rim 2.5m wide, 0.5m high around most of perimeter. A break in the n side has led os to depict as 2 conjoined features, hence 2 scheduling letters (see also subsheet 6) (rchm).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123806.

Des=grinsell, l. /barrows of south and east devon/(1982)branscombe no 4 in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123807.

Des=survey drawing(1:1,000)by rchme(1989)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123808.

Des=ntas/branscombe and salcombe regis, devon/(1984)11/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123809.

Des=rchm survey of berry cliff camp/(1989)/in pf.

National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52.

Diam 9m, height just over 1m (ntas).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3214 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

A narrow earthwork bank defining an elongated oval enclosure or robbed out mound is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 142 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Mound (robbed). Possible barrow or clearance cairn. Within scheduled area.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The remains of an elongated oval mound, the centre of which has probably been robbed out, are visible as earthworks 30 metres long and up to 8 metres wide on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the west of Berry Camp. The surviving earthworks are visible as a narrow bank or rim 2.5 to 3 metres wide. A gap in the bank is visible on the northern side of the earthwork. The date and function of the earthwork are unknown but it appears to be respected by, and therefore post-dated by, a probably post-medieval field boundary that passes immediately to the east.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV123803	Report - Survey: Ancient Monuments.
SDV123805	Report - Survey: SEE ALSO SUBSHEET 6.
SDV123806	Migrated Record:
SDV123807	Migrated Record:
SDV123808	Migrated Record:
SDV123809	Migrated Record:
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. 142.
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3214 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #68568 ]
SDV52	Migrated Record: National Trust.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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