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Bowl barrow 150m NNW of Abbey Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. The site comprises a simple earthwork mound of characteristic bowl barrow form, typical of funerary structures constructed during the prehistoric period for the internment of the dead. Bowl barrows of this type represent one of the most common categories of prehistoric burial mound in Britain and constitute important archaeological evidence for understanding mortuary practices and social organisation in early Bronze Age communities. The monument's survival and official recording as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its significance as a surviving example of prehistoric funerary architecture in the Somerset landscape.
Bowl barrow 150m NNW of Abbey Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002474. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 150m NNW of Abbey Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002474.
Bowl barrow 150m NNW of Abbey Farm 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 1002474.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hinton Priory Carthusian charterhouse and associated water management features (0.6 km), The Falconry, Farleigh Hungerford (2.8 km), Iford Bridge (2.9 km).
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