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Bowl barrow 600m east of Priddy Hill Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in the Mendip Hills near Priddy in Somerset. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type erected during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their communities. The site forms part of the significant prehistoric landscape of the Mendip region, which contains numerous barrows and other archaeological features testament to Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in this upland area.
Bowl barrow 600m east of Priddy Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010521. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 600m east of Priddy Hill Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in the Mendip Hills near Priddy in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010521.
Bowl barrow 600m east of Priddy Hill 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 1010521.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Badger Hole, Wookey (5 km), Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (5 km), Bishop's palace (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 600m east of Priddy Hill Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 600m east of Priddy Hill Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.