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Summary

A mound, possibly a barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on images derived from lidar data as a roughly circular earthwork roughly 12m in diameter, on the southwest facing slopes southwest of Heiffers Farm, Witheridge parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• NON ANTIQUITY? (Late 20th Century to XXI - 1967 AD (Between) to 2021 AD (Between))

Full description

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV275 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

A circa 12 m diameter mound on ridgeline might be a small barrow. Appears just inside gateway so could be a modern dump though context for that hard to see.

Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscape project interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366085.

Modern agricultural improvement is evident as linear earthwork ridging within the field in which the mound is located. The mound appears to post-date the ridging which may support the interpretation of the earthwork as a modern agricultural dump, although it is not possible to be certain from the imagery alone.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project

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