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Summary

A mound visible on images derived from lidar data as a low oval earthwork roughly 40m in diameter, on the southeast facing slopes to the southwest of Berry Pomeroy village, has been interpreted as evidence of a barrow of Bronze Age date.

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))

Full description

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV301 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

Possible barrow.

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

An oval mound up to 40m across is visible as an earthwork.

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

The mound is oval in plan and has probably been clipped and spread by cross-contour ploughing. The southeastern edge of the spread mound has been truncated by a curvilinear ditch, probably a catch meadow gutter of post-medieval date.

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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