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Two Barrows on Hangley Cleave is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument comprising two round barrows located on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The barrows are typical of the funerary practices of these periods, when chambered or simple earthen mounds were constructed to inter the dead and served as prominent landscape markers. Their situation on the upland slopes reflects the Bronze Age preference for burying the dead in elevated locations with commanding views across the surrounding territory. The monument group contributes to the considerable density of barrow cemeteries found throughout the Quantock Hills, a landscape rich in prehistoric ritual and burial sites.
'Two Barrows', group of barrows (Hangley Cleave) See also DEVON 894 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006210. View the official record →
Two Barrows on Hangley Cleave is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument comprising two round barrows located on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006210.
'Two Barrows', group of barrows (Hangley Cleave) See also DEVON 894 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 1006210.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170 (0 km), 'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows (1.4 km), Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill (2.1 km).
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