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Round barrows SW of Cleeve's Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The site comprises prehistoric burial mounds that date to the second millennium BC, representing a form of burial practice characteristic of the Bronze Age period. Round barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and their distribution across the landscape reflects settlement and land use patterns of Bronze Age communities. The monument's survival as an earthwork feature contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement and funerary practices in the Somerset region.
Round barrows SW of Cleeve's Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003027. View the official record →
Round barrows SW of Cleeve's Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003027.
Round barrows SW of Cleeve's 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 1003027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (4.1 km), Browne's Gate (5.1 km), King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrows SW of Cleeve's Plantation'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.
Round barrows SW of Cleeve's Plantation stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.