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Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool, is an ancient burial mound of Bronze Age date located in Somerset. The monument consists of a bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in Britain, where such barrows served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and functioned as focal points for contemporary communities. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument under national heritage protection, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial customs in the Somerset landscape.
Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1415590. View the official record →
Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool, is an ancient burial mound of Bronze Age date located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1415590.
Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool 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 1415590.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm (5.1 km), Bishop's palace (5.3 km), Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20m north west of Castle Farm, Castle (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.