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Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm

England
List entry 1006223
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006223
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
ST 45319 57012, ST 45368 57135
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrows 600 yards northwest of Longbottom Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. The site comprises multiple barrows, earthworks characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age when communal and individual interment beneath prominent mounds served as focal points within the landscape. Such barrows typically contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods, reflecting the social status and religious beliefs of their period. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Somerset region.

Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006223. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm?

Round barrows 600 yards northwest of Longbottom Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006223.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm?

Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm 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 1006223.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Duck decoy, west of Nyland Hill (6.8 km), Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720m west of Brimble Pit Pool (7.9 km), Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross (8 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

Duck decoy, west of Nyland Hill
6.8 km
Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720m west of Brimble Pit Pool
7.9 km
Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross
8 km
Romano-British settlement on Stoke Moor
8.1 km
Two bowl barrows 350m south of Brimble Pit Pool: part of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood
8.6 km
Bowl barrow 550m south east of Brimble Pit Pool: one of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood
8.9 km
Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane
9 km
Two bowl barrows 850m south east of Brimble Pit Pool: part of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm

Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~11.8 milesBathRoman town · ~19 milesCaerwentRoman town · ~20.8 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~21.8 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~14.7 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~18.4 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~18.5 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~18.6 miles
Domesday entry for Shipham, Somerset →
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