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Brightworthy Barrows is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery situated on Withypool Common in the Exmoor region of Somerset. The monument comprises multiple burial mounds dating to the second millennium BCE, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the Bronze Age period. The barrows are distributed across the common and form part of the wider archaeological landscape of Exmoor, which contains numerous prehistoric burial and ritual sites. The site remains a valuable record of Bronze Age mortuary practices and the use of upland areas for ceremonial purposes during this period.
Brightworthy Barrows on Withypool Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021264. View the official record →
Brightworthy Barrows is a Bronze Age barrow cemetery situated on Withypool Common in the Exmoor region of Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021264.
Brightworthy Barrows on Withypool Common 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 1021264.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone circle on Withypool Hill 670m ESE of Portford Bridge (2.1 km), Two round barrows on Twitchen Ridge (3.1 km), Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down (3.5 km).
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