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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meshaw Moor (West) Alternative Name: Meshaw Moor Barrows (West), Mouseberry Cross, West Burrow.Country: England County: Devon Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: South Molton Nearest Village: Meshaw
Map Ref: SS762175
Latitude: 50.943608N Longitude: 3.763539W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The 'Meshaw Moor (West)' tumulus, or round barrow, is found when turning left at Burrow Cross (the first road junction north from East Worlington Long Stone), and is on the right, a short distance west along the Chulmleigh road. Marked as 'tumulus' on the OS map - (my old Barnstaple Sheet 163 series) - it lies close to the roadside gate of a field opposite a turning to Mouseberry. (Possibly locally known as Mouseberry Cross, though it is a T-junction?)
I have been unable to find a record of it, though there is a record of 'East and Middle Burrow', which are no doubt the two groups of 'tumuli' shown on the same map, on almost the same alignment, but east of Burrow Cross. Therefore, I've also given it the name 'West Burrow', and 'Mouseberry Cross'.
'Meshaw Moor' is written directly above all these 'tumuli' sites on the OS map.
Burrow Cross is at the north end of the road that passes the East Worlington Long Stone, and the eastern series of tumuli or round barrows are between this road and the SE-NW A373 from Tiverton to Meshaw. We did not stop to investigate them this time.
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