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Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the Quantock Hills near Taunton, Somerset. The barrow consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which typically dates to the Early or Middle Bronze Age. Such monuments served as burial sites for individuals of status within prehistoric communities and represent an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age ritual practices and settlement patterns in the Somerset uplands. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the value of the Quantock landscape for the preservation of prehistoric monuments.
Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill, 885m NNE of St Agnes' Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015950. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the Quantock Hills near Taunton, Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015950.
Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill, 885m NNE 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 1015950.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at the west end of Cothelstone Hill, 825m NNE of St Agnes' Well (0.1 km), Bowl barrow and folly ruins on Cothelstone Hill, 1km north east of St Agnes' Well (0.2 km), Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill, 1.07km north east of St Agnes' Well (0.3 km).
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