Site Event/Activity record EEM14155 - 2012: TS - Wintershead, Mires Project

A survey of Wintershead was undertaken for the Exmoor Mires Project on behalf of the Exmoor National Park Authority, following the discovery of a probable prehistoric burial mound close to an area of erosion where prehistoric worked flint has been recovered. The aims of the survey were twofold: to identify, locate, record and interpret extant archaeological features, and to record the topography of the area. During fieldwork all the features recorded in the Engligh Heritage National Monuments Record and in the Mire walkover survey were located, photographed and recorded. Prospection for new sites was undertaken and these were recorded in the same way. Topographic detail and all the extant archaeological features were surveyed at a scale of 1: 500 using survey grade differential GPS. A detailed earthwork survey of the probable prehistoric burial mound was undertaken at a scale of 1:100. A contour survey was carried out based on points recorded at 5 metre intervals across the survey area. The area of the mire could not be surveyed due to ground conditions, but its edge was recorded.