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Round barrow in Beacon Plantation

England
List entry 1006178
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006178
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
ST 64093 45873
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow in Beacon Plantation is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. The monument survives as an earthwork of circular form typical of prehistoric funerary monuments constructed during the third and second millennia before the present era. Such barrows functioned as repositories for the deceased and often served as enduring territorial markers within the Bronze Age landscape. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1006178, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of early settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Somerset region.

Round barrow in Beacon Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006178. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Round barrow in Beacon Plantation?

Round barrow in Beacon Plantation is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006178.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow in Beacon Plantation?

Round barrow in Beacon Plantation 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 1006178.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow in Beacon Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The tithe barn (2.9 km), Market cross in the market place (3.1 km), Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 370m east of Clover Farm: part of a group of round barrows west of Cranmore railway station (3.6 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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The tithe barn
2.9 km
Market cross in the market place
3.1 km
Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 370m east of Clover Farm: part of a group of round barrows west of Cranmore railway station
3.6 km
An area of the Romano-British linear village at Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet
3.6 km
Small Down Knoll camp
5.8 km
Earthwork N of Stubbs Wood, Merehead
5.9 km
Medieval standing cross 50m west of St Peter's Church
7.2 km
Tithe barn
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow in Beacon Plantation

Round barrow in Beacon Plantation stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow in Beacon Plantation

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~9.8 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~12.9 milesBathRoman town · ~13.5 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~16.2 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.9 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~16 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~16.8 miles
Domesday entry for Doulting, Somerset →
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