MMO2240 - Possible Bronze Age barrows on Exford Common (Monument)

Three circular mounds, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, may be the remains of burial mounds, or barrows, of possible Bronze Age date. Numerous known examples of such monuments are in this area.

Three circular mounds visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Exford common may be the remains of barrows of possible Bronze Age date. The mounds are located at circa SS 8521 4132, SS 8517 4129 and SS 8529 4130, between the 460 and 450 metre contours just below the highest point of Exford Common. Exford Common is itself part of Exmoor's central ridge, an area containing many known examples of such funerary monuments, including the nearby Bendells Barrows and Dunkery Beacon to the east. The mounds are circular or oval in shape, with diameters between 8 and 18 metres. [1-3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4]