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Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge

England
List entry 1010285
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010285
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
ST 53308 52803
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. The barrow survives as a low earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, representing a widespread tradition of burial practice in prehistoric Britain. Such monuments typically date between the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, serving as focal points for communal or family burial rites. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a designated ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the Somerset landscape.

Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010285. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge?

Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010285.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge?

Bowl barrow 450m north 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 1010285.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Badger Hole, Wookey (4.8 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (4.9 km), Two bowl barrows 550m south west of Haydon House (6.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Badger Hole, Wookey
4.8 km
Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey
4.9 km
Two bowl barrows 550m south west of Haydon House
6.7 km
Browne's Gate
7.1 km
Bishop's palace
7.3 km
Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house
7.3 km
Bishop's tithe barn
7.5 km
King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge

Bowl barrow 450m north 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.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 450m north west of Harptree Lodge

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~9 milesBathRoman town · ~15.4 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~18.2 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~18.7 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~15.4 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~16 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~16 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~16.7 miles
Domesday entry for Harptree, Somerset →
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