Scheduled Monument: Bowl barrow 260m north east of Ralegh's Cross Hotel
(1020721)
Authority
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Other Ref
35316
Date assigned
06 December 2002
Date last amended
Date revoked
Details
The monument includes a prehistoric bowl barrow located near Ralegh's Cross on the summit of a broad ridge which extends along the Brendon Hills area of Exmoor. The near-circular mound is a maximum of 41m in diameter and up to 1.5m high, and is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried for its construction. Although the quarry ditch has become largely infilled over the millennia and is no longer clearly visible, it will survive as a buried feature approximately 3m to 4m wide.
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Selected Sources
Article Reference - Author: Grinsell, L V - Title: Somerset Barrows - Date: 1969 - Journal Title: Proceedings of Somerset Archaelogical & Natural History Society - Volume: 113 pt1 - Page References: 113 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Nettlecombe No 1