Site Event/Activity record EEM14548 - 2016: WS - Horsen Hill, Mires Project
Technique(s)
Organisation
Hazel Riley
Date
January/February 2016
Description
A walkover survey of land on Horsen Hill, Horsen Farm, Exmoor, was carried out in January and February 2016 in advance of mire restoration to be carried out by the Exmoor Mires Project. The work was carried out in order to characterise, quantify and locate known and unknown heritage assets within the defined survey area. Several previously unrecorded heritage assets were located, including a Bronze Age cairn and a large area of early medieval hollow ways.
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Location
| Location | Horsen Hill, Horsen Farm, Exmoor Parish, Somerset |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SS 7897 3572 (1523m by 1025m) GPS derived |
| Map sheet | SS73NE |
| Civil Parish | EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Related Monuments/Buildings (20)
- MSO6798 Bronze Age barrow on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MSO7051 Bronze Age cairn on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MMO2963 Bronze Age Cairn on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MSO6799 Bronze Age Sherdon Barrows (Monument)
- MEM23895 Medieval hollow ways on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23898 Medieval or post-medieval field system on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23901 Medieval or post-medieval hollow way on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MMO2911 Medieval or post-medieval trackways on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MMO2887 Post-medieval drainage ditches on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MMO2884 Post-medieval drainage ditches on Sherdon (Monument)
- MEM23894 Post-Medieval Enclosure on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23893 Post-Medieval Extractive Pit on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23899 Post-Medieval Extractive Pit on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23900 Post-Medieval Extractive Pit on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23902 Post-Medieval Extractive Pit on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MMO2930 Post-medieval peat cutting on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23896 Post-Medieval Peat Cutting on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23333 Post-medieval peat stacks on Sherdon (Monument)
- MEM23892 Post-Medieval Peat Stand on Horsen Hill (Monument)
- MEM23897 Post-Medieval Peat Stand on Horsen Hill (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 23 2021 4:52PM