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Summary

Barrow 'C' is one of thirteen in the cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down of 7.0 to 8.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high. The earthworks consist of two conjoined mounds divided by a later robber pit. The earthworks remain identifiable on aerial photographs

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004572: Crownhill Down, barrow cemetery

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 438398
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/1/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 759C

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/483, RAF/540/483 RS 4454-4455 24-APR-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352103.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Department of Environment, 1970, Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343785.

Barrow (c) two mounds originally with the northern badly holed. Barrow diameter 7.32 metres by up to 0.6 metres high. Other details: Monument 759.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 170 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Large hollow surrounded by upcast from it. Perhaps a gutted cairn. Diameter 8.0 metres, height 0.2 metres.

Edwards, C., 1979, An archaeological survey of an area surrounding Hemerdon Ball (Report - Survey). SDV337241.

Site visited on 15th June 1979. A small flat topped barrow overlapped on southern sides by waste from a trial pit which divides it from its adjacent barrow. Barrow 'C' diameter 5 metres, height 0.1 metres.

Department of Environment, 1986, Crownhill Down Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343786.

Crownhill Down Prehistoric cemetery Barrow (C). Other details: Monument 759.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 194-6, 214, Map 52, Figure 52.16 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Crownhill Down '6' cairn at SX57195983 of 7.0 metres diameter by 0.2 metres high. One of the thirteen cairns in the barrow cemetery on the ridge of Crownhill Down.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5759 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Fletcher, M., 2002, The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report, 4 (Report - Survey). SDV343412.

Other details: Figure 3 and Crownhill Down Survey.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 438398 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343789.

Group of round barrows or cairns on Crownhill Down. Barrow (C) consists of two conjoined barrows. This disturbed barrow has a large oval pit dug into the centre. The mound is 8.9 metres by 8 metres across and the pit is 5.1 metres by 4.2 metres. The mound is 0.6 metres high and the pit is 1 metre deep. A distinct but low spoil spread which lies against the north side of the mound is 1.2 metres across and 0.3 metres high. Other details: Barrow C.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5759 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Two conjoined mounds are identifiable as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1951 centred at circa SX57195984 on the south-west facing slopes of Crownhill Down, overlooking Old Bottle Hill leat. The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2013, where the conjoined mound earthworks measure approximately 16m across north to south and 9m wide east to west. An irregularly shaped pit up to circa 6m across is clearly identifiable on the southern edge of the northern mound.
The earthworks are interpreted as barrows of Bronze Age date.
The mounds remain visible as subtle earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1004572 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4559 - Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Riddding Down
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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