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Twin round barrows 750 yards north of Bowpit Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. The site consists of two round barrows, earthwork mounds typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in Britain, dating to approximately 2200–700 BCE. Round barrows of this period commonly contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork feature provides archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Somerset landscape.
Twin round barrows 750yds (696m) N of Bowpit Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006222. View the official record →
Twin round barrows 750 yards north of Bowpit Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006222.
Twin round barrows 750yds (696m) N of Bowpit Farm 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 1006222.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Duck decoy, west of Nyland Hill (5.5 km), Romano-British settlement on Stoke Moor (6.8 km), Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross (7 km).
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Twin round barrows 750yds (696m) N of Bowpit Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.