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Bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary structure dating to the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as burial monuments for individuals of status within prehistoric communities and often contained grave goods alongside human remains. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in the Somerset landscape.
Bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014129. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014129.
Bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill 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 1014129.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 280m south of Triscombe Stone (4.9 km), Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm (5 km), Three round cairns on Wills Neck (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill'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 on Thorncombe Hill stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.