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Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge

England
List entry 1021262
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021262
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SS 83983 34411, SS 84018 34454
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge is a prehistoric funerary monument situated on Exmoor in Somerset. The site consists of two distinct burial structures: a bowl barrow and a round cairn, both of which date to the Bronze Age and represent typical forms of monumental burial practice from that period. These monuments are characteristic of the ritual and mortuary landscape of upland Exmoor, where such barrows and cairns are distributed across the moorland terrain. The structures survive as earthwork features that contribute to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the southwest of England.

Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021262. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge?

Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge is a prehistoric funerary monument situated on Exmoor in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021262.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge?

Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge 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 1021262.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down (2 km), Tarr Steps (3.6 km), Two round barrows on Twitchen Ridge (4.2 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down
2 km
Tarr Steps
3.6 km
Two round barrows on Twitchen Ridge
4.2 km
Two round barrows on West Anstey Common
5.5 km
Brewer's Castle
6.3 km
Two bowl barrows on North Molton Ridge 620m and 720m west of Twitchen Ball Corner
6.4 km
Churchyard cross 6.5m west of Twitchen church
6.5 km
Mounsey Castle and an associated outwork 100m to the north
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge

Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Withypool, Somerset →
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