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Bowl barrow 300m south west of Harptree Lodge is a Bronze Age burial mound located in the parish of Blagdon, Somerset. The monument is situated within a landscape rich in prehistoric funerary remains characteristic of the Mendips region. As a bowl barrow, it represents a common form of single burial mound typical of the Bronze Age, constructed to cover an inhumation or cremation burial beneath an earthen dome. The site is listed on the National Heritage List for England in recognition of its archaeological significance and survival as a physical record of prehistoric funerary practice.
Bowl barrow 300m south west of Harptree Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010287. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 300m south west of Harptree Lodge is a Bronze Age burial mound located in the parish of Blagdon, Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010287.
Bowl barrow 300m south west of Harptree Lodge 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 1010287.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Badger Hole, Wookey (4.3 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (4.3 km), Two bowl barrows 550m south west of Haydon House (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 300m south west of Harptree Lodge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 300m south west of Harptree Lodge stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.