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Lanacombe 5 is a stone alignment located on the south-eastern side of Lanacombe in Somerset. The monument comprises a line of standing stones of Bronze Age date, representing one of several alignments recorded in this landscape. Such stone alignments are characteristic of later prehistoric ritual and ceremonial practice in south-western Britain. The site forms part of the broader complex of Bronze Age monuments distributed across the Lanacombe area, reflecting the importance of this region during the second and first millennia before Christ.
Lanacombe 5: a stone alignment on the south east side of Lanacombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014277. View the official record →
Lanacombe 5 is a stone alignment located on the south-eastern side of Lanacombe in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014277.
Lanacombe 5: a stone alignment on the south east side of Lanacombe 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 1014277.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cow Castle (5.4 km), Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south (7 km), Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170 (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lanacombe 5: a stone alignment on the south east side of Lanacombe'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.
Lanacombe 5: a stone alignment on the south east side of Lanacombe stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.