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Wimble Toot is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Somerset, England. The monument represents a common funerary tradition of the Bronze Age, when such earthen mounds were constructed as burial monuments across the English landscape. Bowl barrows are characterised by their simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped form, typically constructed from earth and stone, and often served as communal or individual burial sites. The site remains recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a protected archaeological monument, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in Somerset.
Bowl barrow known as `Wimble Toot' is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015279. View the official record →
Wimble Toot is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015279.
Bowl barrow known as `Wimble Toot' 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 1015279.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement remains 100m and 250m north of Downhead Manor Farm (2.6 km), Deserted medieval settlement and associated fields, Lytes Cary (3.2 km), Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow known as `Wimble Toot''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 known as `Wimble Toot' stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.