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Three bowl barrows in Big Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, approximately 690 metres south-west of Beechbarrow. The site comprises three distinct burial mounds characteristic of the Early to Middle Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as communal or individual burial structures within upland or semi-cleared landscapes. These bowl barrows represent a significant phase of prehistoric funerary practice in the region, reflecting both the social organisation and ritual beliefs of Bronze Age communities. The monument remains a valuable archaeological resource for understanding settlement patterns and burial practices in the Somerset landscape during the second millennium before the Common Era.
Three bowl barrows in Big Plantation, 690m south west of Beechbarrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020205. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows in Big Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, approximately 690 metres south-west of Beechbarrow. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020205.
Three bowl barrows in Big Plantation, 690m south west of Beechbarrow 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 1020205.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement (2.8 km), Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house (3.2 km), Bishop's tithe barn (3.4 km).
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Three bowl barrows in Big Plantation, 690m south west of Beechbarrow stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.