HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV135239
Name:Mound south of Woolston Green, Kingsteignton

Summary

A mound visible on images derived from lidar data as a low circular earthwork roughly 34m in diameter on the southwest facing slopes to the south of Woolston Green, Kingsteignton parish, has been interpreted as evidence of a plough spread barrow of Bronze Age date.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 778 656
Map Sheet:SX76NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishKingsteignton
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishKINGSTEIGNTON

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthworks of prehistoric barrow, north of Barkington Manor

Other References/Statuses

  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV299 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

Possible barrow.

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

A circular mound roughly 34m in diameter is visible as an earthwork.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV365999Interpretation: University of Exeter. 2020-2021. University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data. Digital. ULDEV299. [Mapped feature: #143103 ]
SDV366001Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2021. University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

Date Last Edited:Apr 24 2025 9:50AM