MEM24181 - Bronze Age burial cairn on Halscombe Allotment (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
SS 81687 33172. A low, moss covered, stony mound lies on the edge of a steep slope on the southeastern side of a tributary stream of the Dane's Brook. The mound is 5 metres north to south, 4.8 east to west, 0.7 metres high and has a circular hollow at the centre, 1.4 metres diameter and 0.6 metres deep, which is suggestive of either a structural feature of the monument or of robbing. This is a previously unrecorded prehistoric funerary cairn and is very similar to MSO8757, which lies 19 metres to the southwest. [1]
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SEM8544 Report: Riley, H.. 2018. Archaeological walkover survey: Halscombe Allotments, Humber's Ball, Hawkridge Plain & Old Barrow Down, Withypool & Hawkridge, Exmoor. HWH17010, 6.
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Other Statuses/References
- Local List Status (Candidate)
- Mires Feature Reference (Monument) (Halscombe etc): HWH17010
Location
| Grid reference | SS 8168 3317 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SS83SW |
| Civil Parish | WITHYPOOL AND HAWKRIDGE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
| Historic Parish | HAWKRIDGE |
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Record last edited
May 15 2018 10:44AM
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