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The two cairns on Great Hill near Quantock Farm in Somerset comprise prehistoric funerary or ceremonial monuments of Bronze Age date. Located approximately 470 metres south and 750 metres south-west of Quantock Farm, these burial cairns represent the ritual and sepulchral practices characteristic of upland Bronze Age communities in the Quantock Hills. The monuments survive as earthwork features on the hillside landscape, testament to their construction from accumulated stone by prehistoric peoples. Such cairns typically functioned as burial markers or territorial markers within Bronze Age settlement patterns, and their siting on elevated ground reflects the ceremonial significance these locations held for contemporary communities.
Two cairns on Great Hill, 470m south and 750m south west of Quantock Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020364. View the official record →
The two cairns on Great Hill near Quantock Farm in Somerset comprise prehistoric funerary or ceremonial monuments of Bronze Age date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020364.
Two cairns on Great Hill, 470m south and 750m south west of Quantock 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 1020364.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm (1.3 km), Three round cairns on Wills Neck (1.5 km), Two bowl barrows, 530m and 670m north east of Plantation Cottage (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two cairns on Great Hill, 470m south and 750m south west of Quantock Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two cairns on Great Hill, 470m south and 750m south west of Quantock Farm stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.