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Kit Barrows Cairns

England
List entry 1020828
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020828
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SS 90033 42010, SS 90055 42059
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Kit Barrows Cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The site comprises a collection of cairns dating to the Bronze Age period, representing an important example of prehistoric burial practice in the region. These stone-built structures reflect the burial customs and ritual practices of Bronze Age communities in south-western England. The cairns form part of the broader archaeological landscape of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity in Somerset.

Kit Barrows Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020828. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Kit Barrows Cairns?

Kit Barrows Cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020828.

Who is responsible for protecting Kit Barrows Cairns?

Kit Barrows Cairns 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 1020828.

What other scheduled monuments are near Kit Barrows Cairns?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.9 km), Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old Vicarage (6.9 km), Packhorse bridge 60m north east of Royal Oak Farm (7.2 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross
6.9 km
Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old Vicarage
6.9 km
Packhorse bridge 60m north east of Royal Oak Farm
7.2 km
Round barrow 720m NNW of Spire Cross
7.9 km
Round barrow cemetery incorporating Wambarrows on Winsford Hill
8.2 km
Earthwork enclosure on Winsford Hill, 200m south east of Wambarrows
8.2 km
Caratacus Stone: an inscribed stone 140m east of Spire Cross
8.6 km
Cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Kit Barrows Cairns

Kit Barrows Cairns stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Bagley, Somerset →
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