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Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south

England
List entry 1003856
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003856
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.29 hectares
Grid reference
SS 72557 38068, SS 72552 38013, SS 72584 37937, SS 72545 37699
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Setta Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. The monument comprises a primary round barrow together with three further round barrows situated to its south, forming a small barrow cemetery typical of prehistoric funerary practice in the region. These earthen mounds represent interment activity during the Bronze Age, when such burial monuments were constructed across the Somerset landscape as markers of ancestral and communal significance. The barrow group survives as a scheduled ancient monument, preserving evidence of early metal-age mortuary customs and settlement patterns in south-western England.

Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003856. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south?

Setta Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003856.

Who is responsible for protecting Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south?

Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south 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 1003856.

What other scheduled monuments are near Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows (1.6 km), Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170 (2.9 km), 'Two Barrows', group of barrows (Hangley Cleave) See also DEVON 894 (2.9 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.
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows
1.6 km
Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170
2.9 km
'Two Barrows', group of barrows (Hangley Cleave) See also DEVON 894
2.9 km
Round barrow cemetery 500m east of Little Bray Cross
5.6 km
Two bowl barrows 150m and 220m south west of Rews Cross
6.1 km
Two conjoined bowl barrows 190m south of Rews Cross
6.3 km
Camp on Mockham Down
6.3 km
Two bowl barrows on North Molton Ridge 620m and 720m west of Twitchen Ball Corner
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south

Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Whitefield, Devon →
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