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Summary

A barrow 8 metres diameter by 0.5 metre high, is visible as a circular earthwork mound on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/88

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

GRINSELL 44A, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV119692.

Vis=17/7/1972 (grinsell) heath. Diameter 8m, height 0.6m. In 1868 or 1869 kirwan also excavated a barrow of peat with flint and stone, probably with retaining circle in presence of exeter naturalists club. Dug from south. No interment found. Possibly this barrow (grinsell 44a).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119697.

Hutchinson, p. O. /tda/12(1880)139.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119698.

Osa=sy19se5/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119699.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)35-36/no 39+44a.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119700.

Fox, a. /pdas/4(1948-52)1-19/the farway necropolis.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119701.

Simpson, s. J. + noble, s. /archaeological survey and management study of areas on gittisham hill, farway hill and broad down, east devon/(1993)26/(emafu report 93.38).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119702.

Des=manning, p.(exeter archaeology)/(20/8/2002)/letter + map in pf.

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

Vis=19/11/1975 (os) barrow completely inaccessible in dense gorse. Os survey accepted (os).

MANNING, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV56449.

A survey undertaken by exeter archaeology after ploughing just n of the barrow group in july 2002 found no damage to this group (manning).

Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV8774.

The 1975 os record asserts that this barrow is scheduled. Although shown on the am7, it is described as 'destroyed' and is not scheduled (fmg).

HUTCHINSON, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96023.

A barrow of flints no 68. Hurriedly excavated by kirwan in 1870; the south side has been dug down and left as it was (hutchinson).

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

Vis=4/11/1992 (simpson + noble ) stable. Coarse grass covered (simpson + noble).

Exeter Archaeology, 2002, Ball Hill (Site Visit). SDV351833.

Site visit on 5th April 2002, to ploughed area on Ball Hill adjacent to barrows. No finds were recovered or features identified. None of the barrows appear to have been affected.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, 24, Part 1; 139-140, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No 371. (Report - Survey). SDV101648.

SMR describe bowl barrow 8 metres diameter by 0.5 metre high with no ditch. Excavated in 19th century. During field survey nothing located at exact grid reference given. However, bowl barrow located at grid reference SY17580 94375 assumed to be the same one. Mound 7.5 metres diameter by 0.6 metre high has flat top on west side and is disturbed on east side. (Vehicle track on north edge separates this mound from barrow site 372). This is central barrow of a line of three closely spaced barrows which run north- northeast from the southeast field boundary (see also sites 370, 372).

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No 371. (Archive - Survey). SDV358490.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No 371. (Report - Survey). SDV359019.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 354 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

SMR describe barrow 8 metres diameter by 0.5 metre high. In 2002 barrow located at SY 1758 9437 assumed to be same one. Mound 7.5 metres diameter by 0.6 metre high.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1794 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

An earthwork mound is visible.

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

The barrow is visible as an earthwork mound circa 9m across on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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