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Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge

England
List entry 1015017
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015017
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
SS 84309 41698
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Almsworthy Common is a stone alignment located in Somerset, approximately 560 metres south-west of Chetsford Bridge. The monument consists of stones arranged in linear formation and dates to the Bronze Age, a period when such alignments were constructed across the south-west peninsula of England. Stone alignments of this type typically served ritual or ceremonial purposes, though their exact function remains a matter of scholarly debate. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the heritage designation NHLE list entry 1015017.

Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015017. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge?

Almsworthy Common is a stone alignment located in Somerset, approximately 560 metres south-west of Chetsford Bridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015017.

Who is responsible for protecting Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge?

Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015017.

What other scheduled monuments are near Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge (7.3 km), Stone circle on Withypool Hill 670m ESE of Portford Bridge (7.4 km), Green Barrow on Hawkridge Common (7.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge
7.3 km
Stone circle on Withypool Hill 670m ESE of Portford Bridge
7.4 km
Green Barrow on Hawkridge Common
7.6 km
Earthwork enclosure on Winsford Hill, 200m south east of Wambarrows
8.3 km
Round barrow cemetery incorporating Wambarrows on Winsford Hill
8.3 km
Round barrow 720m NNW of Spire Cross
8.6 km
Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down
9.3 km
Caratacus Stone: an inscribed stone 140m east of Spire Cross
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge

Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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