Scheduled Monument: Hillslope enclosure, 155m west of Bougham Farm, Timberscombe, Minehead, Somerset (1486548)

Authority Historic England
Date assigned 27 July 2023
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The Iron Age the hillslope enclosure in Timberscombe Wood, 155m west of Brougham Farm, Timberscombe, is scheduled for the following principal reasons: * Survival: despite some disturbance from previous forestry operations, it survives particularly well, with upstanding earthworks and buried remains; * Potential: it will contain archaeological information which will contribute to our understanding and knowledge of Iron Age communities and environmental information about the surrounding landscape; * Period: as one of a relatively limited number of sites characteristic of the Iron Age on Exmoor; * Documentation: archaeological surveys have increased our understanding of the monument and its significance; * Group value: it is one of a group of diverse and broadly contemporary monuments which give an indication of the nature of settlement and social organisation of the area during the later prehistoric period.

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Civil Parish TIMBERSCOMBE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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