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Summary

Slight mound circa 0.5 metre high, roughly circular 3-4 metres in diameter, observed in boggy part of Bicton Common in 1982.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08NW/63

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOUND (Lower Palaeolithic to World War II - 698000 BC to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

NMR, SY08NW30 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV341803.

Visited on 06/09/1990. No ground evidence for this feature. Area of boggy ground near junction of 2 streams.

Griffiths, D. M., 1982, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV341804.

Visited on 25/01/1982. Slight mound, roughly circular, circa 0.5 metres high, in boggy part of Bicton Common. 3-4 metres in diameter.

Salvatore, J. P., 1997, Bowl Barrow on Bicton Common (Un-published). SDV348335.

Site visit 2nd December 1997. The site is on rough ungrazed heather and gorse common, not boggy ground, in an area which has recorded military rifle butts and other military training works. The remains of the barrow could not be located in the present ground conditions and consequently could not be assessed. Not recommended for scheduling.

Exeter Archaeology, 1999, Archaeological Assessment of Thorn Tree Plantation, near Blackhill Quarry, Woodbury, 5 (Report - Assessment). SDV336320.

Other details: Site 17.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, 70-71, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 572 (Report - Survey). SDV101648.

A slight mound, roughly circular, 0.5 metre high was identified in 1982 in a boggy area of the common. The feature may represent a prehistoric barrow, however, there are also WWII earthworks in the area. Later searches have failed to identify the feature, possibly partly due to the ground conditions. The area could not be searched during the field survey due to boggy ground conditions (supporting tussocky grass).

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 572 (Archive - Survey). SDV358490.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 572 (Report - Survey). SDV359019.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2706 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Mound.
See description in East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey 70-71, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 572 - SDV101648.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4422 - Archaeological Assessment of Thorn Tree Plantation near Blackhill Quarry, Woodbury

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