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Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm

England
List entry 1021062
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021062
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SS 95035 37112
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Lype Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 550 metres north-west of Lype Farm in Somerset. The monument is a simple bowl-shaped barrow, a form of earthwork characteristic of early prehistoric funerary practice in Britain. The barrow represents an important element of the Bronze Age landscape in the region, forming part of a wider distribution of such monuments across Somerset's uplands. Its survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the South West of England.

Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021062. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm?

Bowl barrow on Lype Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 550 metres north-west of Lype Farm in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021062.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm?

Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype 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 1021062.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church (4.2 km), Lock up 60m south-east of the Church of St Mary (5.7 km), Burrow Farm iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 350m north east of Burrow Farm (6.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church
4.2 km
Lock up 60m south-east of the Church of St Mary
5.7 km
Burrow Farm iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 350m north east of Burrow Farm
6.5 km
Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross
6.9 km
Bowl barrow 470m north of Brendon Hill Farm
7 km
Caratacus Stone: an inscribed stone 140m east of Spire Cross
7 km
Barlinch Priory
8.4 km
Bury Bridge
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm

Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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