Site Event/Activity record EEM14747 - 2017: WS - Furzehill Common

A walkover survey covering a total of 36.5 hectares was carried out on land at Furzehill Common in advance of proposed mire restoration works by the Exmoor Mires Partnership. A total of 26 heritage assets and one natural feature was identified. These included cairns, stone settings and a possible boundary of probable prehistoric date, a medieval or post-medieval hollow way, a post-medieval intake, a quarry, probable collapsed peat stacks and evidence of prospecting, probably for ironstone.