MSO7663 - Bronze Age burial cairn at Selworthy Beacon (Monument)

Minehead Without 10a. A Bronze Age burial cairn is recorded on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map of 1889. No evidence could be found on the ground in 1998; the area has been disturbed by World War Two military activity.

'M' SS 9260 4784. Minehead Without 10a. Mound marked on Ordnance Survey 6 inch map not now visible. [1] A barrow published to the south west of MSO7662 has been completely destroyed. [2] Confused by the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division [2] who give National Grid Reference as SS 9260 4785, saying that mound to the southwest of MSO7662 is destroyed. [3] Mound, possible barrow at SS 9261 4787, 13 paces in diameter. [4] A cairn is recorded on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map (1889) at SS 9259 4783 [5]. There is no trace of this on the ground. The area has been disturbed by several tracks, the result of the World War Two tank training activity in the area. [6] 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. [7] The cairn could not be identified on the available photography. It was likely destroyed due to Second World War activities in the area. [8,9] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [10,11]