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Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore

England
List entry 1002959
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002959
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
ST 58461 50413, ST 58491 50400
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two round barrows 600 yards ENE of Green Ore is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. The site consists of two circular earthworks typical of burial mounds constructed during prehistoric periods, when such barrows served as communal or individual sepulchres for the dead. The barrows' positioning in the landscape reflects the settlement and burial practices of early agrarian societies in the region. These monuments are among numerous barrow groups that characterise the Somerset countryside and provide evidence for prehistoric land use and social organisation.

Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002959. View the official record →

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What is Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore?

Two round barrows 600 yards ENE of Green Ore is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002959.

Who is responsible for protecting Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore?

Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore 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 1002959.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement (5 km), Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house (5.7 km), Browne's Gate (5.8 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement
5 km
Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house
5.7 km
Browne's Gate
5.8 km
Bishop's tithe barn
5.9 km
Medieval standing cross 80m south of St Mary's Church
6.1 km
Circular earthwork and barrows on Beacon Hill
6.9 km
Round barrow in Beacon Plantation
7.2 km
Two bowl barrows on Barren Down, 250m north west of Princes Lodge
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore

Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Two round barrows 600yds (550m) ENE of Green Ore

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~8.9 milesBathRoman town · ~13.6 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~15.9 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~17.7 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~15 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~15 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~16.8 milesBattle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~17.1 miles
Domesday entry for Chewton, Somerset →
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