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Swap Hill standing stone is a prehistoric monument located in Somerset, England, approximately two hundred metres south-east of the Long Combe sheep pen. The stone stands as evidence of ritual or territorial activity during the Bronze Age or earlier periods, though precise dating requires archaeological investigation. As a standing stone or menhir, it represents a category of monument commonly erected across western Britain during the Neolithic and Bronze Age, serving functions that may have included ceremonial, funerary, or landscape demarcation purposes. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the heritage designation system, reflecting its importance to understanding prehistoric settlement and land use in the Somerset landscape.
Swap Hill standing stone 200m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014272. View the official record →
Swap Hill standing stone is a prehistoric monument located in Somerset, England, approximately two hundred metres south-east of the Long Combe sheep pen. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014272.
Swap Hill standing stone 200m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen 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 1014272.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bendel's Barrows, Exford Common (5.2 km), Cow Castle (5.4 km), Halscombe stone setting 790m SSW of Simonsbath Bridge (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Swap Hill standing stone 200m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen'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.
Swap Hill standing stone 200m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.