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Summary

Ditchless circular turf mound 9.3 metres diameter by 0.5 metre high. Not clearly discernible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of two prehistoric barrows and Ring-in-the-Mire ancient pond, located at the junction of three parish boundaries (Gittisham/Sidbury and Honiton) marked on Parish Tithe Maps c. AD 1840, at the southern end of Gittisham Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19NE/67
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV121916.

Osa=sy19ne28e/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV121917.

Simpson, s. J. + noble, s. /archaeological survey and management study of areas on gittisham hill, farway hill, and broad down, east devon/(1993)14/(emafu report 93.38).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=15/4/1982 (os) a ditchless circular turf mound 9.3m diameter, 0.5m high. Found after swaleing in march 1982. Possible barrow.

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99275.

Vis=2/11/1992 (simpson + noble) not located. Probably too low to be visible under bracken cover (simpson + noble).

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, 129, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 306 (Report - Survey). SDV101648.

SMR record possible barrow (1982) described as a ditchless circular turf mound 9.3 metres diameter by 0.5 metre high. Mound located at given grid reference during field survey. Feature lies adjacent to north side of linear bank (see site 307). Feature roughly oval, 8.5 metres east/west by 7.5 metres north/south by 0.4 metre maximum height. Gently sloping profile; shape difficult to define due to long grass cover.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 306 (Archive - Survey). SDV358490.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 306 (Report - Survey). SDV359019.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 743 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Mound 9.3 metres diameter by 0.5 metre high. Possible barrow.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1595 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016, 04-MAY-2016 and 27-JUN-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

No earthworks are clearly discernible.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

The barrow is not clearly discernible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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