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Summary

Bowl barrow, the central of three barrows probably of Neolithic to Bronze Age date, to the south-east of Chapelcombe. The mound is visible as a cropmark and soilmark on aerial photographs of 1999 to 2009 and as a subtle earthwork mound on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019239: Long barrow and two bowl barrows, 200m south east of Chapelcombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440988
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NE/25/2
• Old SAM Ref: 33748
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX64NE 18

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX64NE18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343351.

Site visit 10th September 1986. Three ploughed down sub-oval mounds lie on a level hilltop plateau at 119 metres in an undulating arable field. They have all been disfigured by regular ploughing and there is no evidence of enclosing ditches or large stones but all are most probably spread round barrows. Barrow 'B', circa 30 metrs north-west of barrow 'A'. It measures 28 metres by 20 metres and stands to a height of 0.7 metres.

GetMapping, 1999, 122/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/122/99 0112-0113 15-NOV-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351205.

An oval cropmark and soilmark is visible.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2000, Long Barrow and Two Bowl Barrows, 200 Metres South-east of Chapelcombe (Schedule Document). SDV343350.

One of three barrows on a west-north-west to east-south-east alignment, on a level hilltop. The central mound represents a small bowl barrow of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date, between 29 metres and 34 metres diameter, and 0.8 metres high. Both of the bowl barrow mounds are composed of orange sandy soil with many large pieces of white quartz scattered over the surface. Although no longer visible at ground level, a buried ditch will surround each of the bowl barrow mounds. Other details: Map.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 106 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Generally satisfactory condition, but with significant localised problems. Principal vulnerability arable clipping.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

English Heritage, 2009, NMR 26226, NMR 26226/36-45 21-APR-2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363567.

An oval cropmark and soilmark is visible.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 99 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 104 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally satisfactory condition, but with significant localised problems. Improving. Principal vulnerability arable clipping.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6646-SX6647 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

An oval mound is identifiable as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A roughly oval cropmark and soilmark of a near levelled mound are visible on aerial photographs of 1999 to 2009 on the gentle south-west facing slopes south of St Ann’s Chapel, Bigbury. The cropmarks correspond with mound approximately 28m long and 23m wide identifiable as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
One of three similar mounds in a north-west to south-east alignment distributed over approximately 155m, the mound is interpreted as the remains of a plough spread barrow of Neolithic to Bronze Age date.
No cropmark evidence indicative of an enclosing ditch was identified on the sources available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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