MMO3253 - Possible Bronze Age burial cairn or post-medieval clearance cairn on North Molton Ridge (Monument)

A small circular mound is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork. It may represent a prehistoric funerary monument, possibly a cairn dating to the Bronze Age or similar, or a clearance cairn associated with post-medieval enclosure.

A small circular mound is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork on the northern edge of North Molton Ridge. Centred at SS 7847 3301, the mound measures approximately 5.5 metres across. Its location on high ground at the head of a valley and overlooking a large tributary of the River Mole is indicative of a prehistoric funerary monument, possibly a cairn dating to the Bronze Age or similar. However, it also lies adjacent to an abandoned field boundary, and could equally be a clearance cairn associated with post-medieval enclosure in this area. Further survey is required. [1,2] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [3]