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Rexy Barrow, Little Buscombe is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. The barrow represents a characteristic form of funerary monument from the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of significant individuals within prehistoric communities. The monument survives as an earthwork within the landscape, preserving evidence of burial practices and settlement patterns from this early period of British prehistory.
Rexy Barrow, Little Buscombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006208. View the official record →
Rexy Barrow, Little Buscombe is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006208.
Rexy Barrow, Little Buscombe 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 1006208.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cow Castle (5.2 km), Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south (5.9 km), Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rexy Barrow, Little Buscombe'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.
Rexy Barrow, Little Buscombe stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.