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Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross

England

List entry 1021230

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1021230

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.33 hectares

Grid reference

SS 89284 33287

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south-east of Spire Cross, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The site comprises four distinct round barrows, earthwork structures typical of burial practices during the Bronze Age, when such mounds were constructed to inter the deceased and serve as prominent landscape markers. The barrows remain visible as raised circular mounds across the allotment, representing an important cluster of prehistoric funerary remains. These monuments form part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age burial activity across the Somerset landscape and are protected as a scheduled ancient monument under national heritage legislation.

Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021230. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross?

Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south-east of Spire Cross, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021230.

Who is responsible for protecting Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross?

Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross 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 1021230.

What other scheduled monuments are near Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mounsey Castle and an associated outwork 100m to the north (3.6 km), Round barrow on East Anstey Common (5.1 km), Oldberry Castle (5.3 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

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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

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Legal

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Mounsey Castle and an associated outwork 100m to the north

3.6 km

Round barrow on East Anstey Common

Two round barrows on West Anstey Common

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross

Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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