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Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. The barrow takes the form of a mound with a distinctive bell-shaped profile, a characteristic feature of this barrow type which typically dates to the Bronze Age period. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008288, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of prehistoric burial practice in the region. Bell barrows of this type commonly contained inhumation burials and represent significant funerary monuments of Bronze Age communities in southern England.
Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008288. View the official record →
Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008288.
Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation 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 1008288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement (6 km), Medieval standing cross 80m south of St Mary's Church (6.2 km), Two bowl barrows on Barren Down, 250m north west of Princes Lodge (6.3 km).
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Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.