MDE12818 - Possible prehistoric cairn on Brendon Common (Monument)

A circular turf covered, earthen mound is centred at SS 7773 4384. It is 4.3 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high. Its date and purpose are unclear, but it lies within an area used for military exercises during World War Two. [1] The mound described above is visible on aerial photographs, slightly obscured by vegetation. Two prehistoric cairns can be seen 50 metres to the northwest and 320 metres west of this mound, and it may represent the remains of a third cairn or other funerary monument. Numerous impact craters from the Exmoor Firing Range can also be seen in the immediate vicinty, and it seems likely that the feature would have sustained some damage at least during military training exercises in the Second World War. [2,3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4] The mound is depicted and labelled on the 2021 MasterMap data. [5]