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Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm is an ancient funerary monument consisting of two stone cairns located on the high moorland of the Brendon Hills in Somerset. The cairns date to the Bronze Age and represent the burial practices of early British communities during the second millennium BCE. These monuments survive as earthen and stony mounds and form part of the wider Bronze Age ceremonial landscape characteristic of upland regions in south-west England, where such cairn groups typically mark the graves of individuals of social significance within prehistoric communities.
Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016706. View the official record →
Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm is an ancient funerary monument consisting of two stone cairns located on the high moorland of the Brendon Hills in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016706.
Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe 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 1016706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three round cairns on Wills Neck (0.3 km), Two bowl barrows, 530m and 670m north east of Plantation Cottage (0.8 km), Bowl barrow 840m north east of Bagborough House (1.2 km).
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