Scheduled Monument: Bowl barrow 470m north of Brendon Hill Farm
(1020918)
Authority
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Other Ref
35585
Date assigned
28 January 2003
Date last amended
Date revoked
Details
The monument includes a prehistoric bowl barrow located in an area known as King's Brompton Common on the summit of a broad ridge which extends along the Brendon Hills region of Exmoor. The bowl barrow is formed by a near-circular earthen mound, the top of which has a slightly square profile. The mound is 14m in diameter and is approximately 0.7m high. In keeping with other bowl barrows in the region, the mound is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried for its construction and, although no longer visible at ground level, the ditch will survive as a buried feature up to 2m wide.
Selected Sources
Article Reference - Author: Grinsell, L V - Title: Somerset BArrows - Date: 1969 - Journal Title: Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society - Volume: 113 - Page References: 28 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Brompton Regis No 4