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Bowl barrow 400m southeast of Wellington Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The site represents a characteristic form of burial mound construction from the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as prominent markers for elite or significant burials within the landscape. The barrow survives as a rounded mound, exhibiting the typical morphological features of bowl barrows, which comprise a circular or sub-circular earthen bank and ditch. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Somerset region.
Bowl barrow 400m southeast of Wellington Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011533. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 400m southeast of Wellington Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011533.
Bowl barrow 400m southeast of Wellington 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 1011533.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bracelet Cave (5.8 km), Badger Hole, Wookey (6.6 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 400m southeast of Wellington Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 400m southeast of Wellington Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.