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Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound

England
List entry 1006226
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006226
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
ST 20907 45575
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pixie's Mound is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn located in Somerset, England, and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1006226. The monument survives as a circular earthwork mound that represents a burial or ceremonial structure typical of prehistoric funerary practices in the southwest of England. Such cairns commonly date to the period between approximately 4000 and 1000 BCE, though precise dating for this particular example would require archaeological investigation. The site retains significance as evidence of early settlement patterns and ritual behaviour in Somerset during the prehistoric period.

Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006226. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound?

Pixie's Mound is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn located in Somerset, England, and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1006226. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006226.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound?

Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound 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 1006226.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chapel E of Adscombe Farm (8.2 km), Churchyard cross in St Margaret's churchyard (8.7 km), Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill (8.7 km).

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Monuments
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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
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Chapel E of Adscombe Farm
8.2 km
Churchyard cross in St Margaret's churchyard
8.7 km
Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill
8.7 km
Platform cairn, 180m east of Wilmot's Pool
9.2 km
Barrow at Wilmot's Pool and a cairn 45m to the north
9.3 km
Three bowl barrows on Black Hill, 590m north west of Crowcombe Park Gate
9.5 km
Barrow and cairn cemetery on Black Hill, 490m north west of Crowcombe Park Gate
9.6 km
Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound

Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn known as Pixie's Mound

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~18.6 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~10.6 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~18.2 miles
Domesday entry for Seaberton, Somerset →
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