MSO7657 - Bronze Age burial cairn at Selworthy Beacon (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
'D' SS 92404803. Minehead Without 5 (also described at SS 9249 4791 by NRHE). It is 10 paces in diameter and 2 feet high with a hollow in centre. [1] 4a at 'D' SS 9240 4803 is a bowl barrow with a hollow centre. [2] Covered in gorse, otherwise in good condition. [3] Wrongly identified by the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division [2] and D Thackray [3] as Grinsell's Minehead Without 4a. [4] A small cairn at SS 92398 48031 was surveyed using differential GPS as part of the RCHME East Exmoor project. It consists of a small circular mound, 8.5 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high. The mound is gorse and heather covered, and a contains a small central depression. [5] Monument scheduled on 3 September 2002. [6] SS 925 479. Group of Cairns East of Selworthy Beacon. Scheduled. [8] Of the group of 11 cairns on the ridge of Selworthy Beacon, 2 or 3 were open in 1807 by Richard Fenton. Only charcoal was recovered. [9] The cairn is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The cairn is centred at SS 9240 4803 and is as described above [5]. [10-12] The Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment of 2009 gave the site a survival score of 3. [13] The site was surveyed in June 2015 as part of the 2015 Exmoor Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment. It was given a survival score of 3. [14] The feature is the smaller of two features depicted and labelled as tumuli on the 2020 MasterMap data at SS 9240 4803. [15] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [16,17]
Sources/Archives (17)
- <1> SMO5467 Article in serial: Grinsell, L.V.. 1969. Somerset Barrows. Part I: West and South. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 113. P. 7, 36.
- <2> SMO7316 Unpublished document: PALMER, JP. Mid 1960s. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, F1, 22 July 1965.
- <3> SSO341 Unassigned: July 1976. NT Ancient Monuments Record.
- <4> SEM8675 Verbal communication: Various. 1900-. Somerset County Council / South West Heritage Trust staff comments. E Dennison, 5 April 1984.
- <5> SMO7322 Unpublished document: Riley, H.. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 1998.
- <6> SSO1162 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 16/9/2002. English Heritage to Somerset County Council (16/9/2002) in HER files.
- <7> SSO1777 Article in serial: Osborn, B.. 1983. Parish surveys in Somerset five: Minehead Without. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 5. P. 20.
- <8> SEM7732 Index: Department of the Environment (IAM). 1978. List of Ancient Monuments of England and Wales 1978.
- <9> SEM7688 Monograph: Barrister, A.. 1811. A Tour in Quest of Geneology, through several parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire. Sherwood, Neely and Jones. P. 131.
- <10> SMO4069 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR SS 9247/2 (AP 1067/2) (29 May 1974).
- <11> SMO4069 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR SS 9247/7 (15449/17) (15 May 1996).
- <12> SMO7542 Archive: Dickson, A.. 2007. Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment: SS 94 NW. MD000133.
- <13> SEM7402 Report: Bray, L.S.. 2010. Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment 2009, Exmoor National Park.
- <14> SEM8278 Report: Gent, T. and Manning, P.. 2015. Exmoor National Park Scheduled Monument Condition Survey 2015. Archaedia.
- <15>XY SEM8817 Map: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap data. 1:2,500. [Mapped feature: #38501 ]
- <16> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 36806, Extant 11 May 2022.
- <17> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1121973, Extant 11 May 2022.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 92403 48032 (11m by 11m) |
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Map sheet | SS94NW |
Civil Parish | MINEHEAD WITHOUT, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Finds (0)
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Related Events/Activities (2)
External Links (1)
- www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1121973 (Original Monarch entry: 1121973)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MMO771
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11432
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO7578
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 94 NW 15
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 94 NW106
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 1121973
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 36806
- Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 33806
Record last edited
May 11 2022 11:18AM
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