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Two bowl barrows and a round cairn on Lydeard Hill, 750m north of Tilbury Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Somerset. The site comprises two bowl barrows and an associated round cairn, representing typical burial practices of the Bronze Age period when such earthen and stone monuments were constructed to mark the graves of individuals or small communities. Bowl barrows are characterized by their distinctive domed or rounded mound form, whilst cairns consist of heaped stone rather than earth. The monument group survives as an archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary and ritual activity in the Somerset landscape.
Two bowl barrows and a round cairn on Lydeard Hill, 750m north of Tilbury Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016499. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows and a round cairn on Lydeard Hill, 750m north of Tilbury Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016499.
Two bowl barrows and a round cairn on Lydeard Hill, 750m north of Tilbury 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 1016499.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 840m north east of Bagborough House (1 km), Bowl barrow on Cothelstone Hill, 885m NNE of St Agnes' Well (1.7 km), Bowl barrow at the west end of Cothelstone Hill, 825m NNE of St Agnes' Well (1.7 km).
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