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Westbury Beacon is a bell barrow located approximately 720 metres west of Brimble Pit Pool in Somerset, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary structure typical of the period, comprising a central mound surrounded by a ditch. Bell barrows, characterised by their distinctive form with a raised central burial chamber and encircling ditch, were constructed as elite burial monuments during the Bronze Age and reflect the social hierarchies of their time. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1006177, affirming its status as a scheduled monument of archaeological importance.
Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720m west of Brimble Pit Pool is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006177. View the official record →
Westbury Beacon is a bell barrow located approximately 720 metres west of Brimble Pit Pool in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006177.
Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720m west of Brimble Pit Pool 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 1006177.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bishop's palace (5.4 km), Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20m north west of Castle Farm, Castle (6.7 km), Browne's Gate (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720m west of Brimble Pit Pool's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720m west of Brimble Pit Pool stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.