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Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. The structure comprises a cairn of stone and rubble, characteristic of burial practices from the Bronze Age period in south-western England. The monument is situated within a landscape containing other contemporary archaeological features, reflecting the importance of this area for ritual and burial activity during prehistoric times. The site remains a significant record of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Somerset region.
Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1417363. View the official record →
Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1417363.
Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool 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 1417363.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 280m south of Triscombe Stone (2.7 km), Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm (3 km), Three round cairns on Wills Neck (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool'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.
Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.