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Bowl barrow 390m northwest of Fernhill Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a funerary monument type prevalent in southern Britain during the Bronze Age. Such structures typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the interred individual. The barrow's survival in the landscape provides archaeological evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in Somerset during the later prehistoric period.
Bowl barrow 390m northwest of Fernhill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009763. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 390m northwest of Fernhill Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009763.
Bowl barrow 390m northwest of Fernhill 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 1009763.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outlook Cave (7.1 km), Bracelet Cave (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 435m north west of Ivy Cottage (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 390m northwest of Fernhill Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 390m northwest of Fernhill Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.