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Earthwork enclosure on Rodhuish Common, 300m west of Moor Barn is a prehistoric monument located in the Exmoor region of Somerset. The site consists of an earthen enclosure whose physical form survives as a series of banks and ditches defining an enclosed area, characteristic of Iron Age settlement activity on Exmoor. Dating evidence and archaeological investigation place it within the Iron Age period, when such enclosed settlements were common across southwestern Britain. The monument represents an important example of prehistoric land use and settlement patterns on the Exmoor plateau, contributing to understanding of Iron Age communities in this upland landscape.
Earthwork enclosure on Rodhuish Common, 300m west of Moor Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021122. View the official record →
Earthwork enclosure on Rodhuish Common, 300m west of Moor Barn is a prehistoric monument located in the Exmoor region of Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021122.
Earthwork enclosure on Rodhuish Common, 300m west of Moor Barn 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 1021122.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 700m north east of Burrow Farm (4.8 km), Burrow Farm iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 350m north east of Burrow Farm (4.8 km), Carnarvon New Pit iron mine and section of mineral railway trackbed, 300m south west of Heather House (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork enclosure on Rodhuish Common, 300m west of Moor Barn'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.
Earthwork enclosure on Rodhuish Common, 300m west of Moor Barn stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.