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Bowl barrow and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately one kilometre north-east of St Agnes' Well near Cothelstone in Somerset. The site comprises a bowl barrow, a common form of prehistoric burial mound characteristic of the Bronze Age period, together with the fragmentary remains of a later folly structure that was constructed on or near the barrow. The barrow itself represents an important example of funerary architecture from the second and first millennia before the present, whilst the overlay of the folly demonstrates the long history of human activity and land use at this elevated location. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1015086, reflecting its recognised archaeological and historical significance.
Bowl barrow and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill, 1km north east of St Agnes' Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015086. View the official record →
Bowl barrow and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately one kilometre north-east of St Agnes' Well near Cothelstone in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015086.
Bowl barrow and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill, 1km north east of St Agnes' Well 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 1015086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill, 1.07km north east of St Agnes' Well (0.1 km), Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill, 885m NNE of St Agnes' Well (0.2 km), Bowl barrow at the west end of Cothelstone Hill, 825m NNE of St Agnes' Well (0.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill, 1km north east of St Agnes' Well'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 and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill, 1km north east of St Agnes' Well stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.