Scheduled Monument: Cist and associated mound in Langridge Wood, 410m north west of Treborough Lodge
(1020689)
Authority
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Other Ref
35310
Date assigned
23 February 1977
Date last amended
24 April 2002
Date revoked
Details
The monument includes a prehistoric stone-built cist and the remains of an associated earth mound located on the Brendon Hills. The cist is rectangular in plan and orientated from east to west at the base of an approximately circular mound which has been largely flattened. The interior of the cist is lined with slate slabs and its sides are 2m long, 0.75m wide, and up to 0.85m deep. A large irregular shaped slab with sides up to 1.6m long partially covers the open cist; this represents a now displaced capstone. The mound is composed of stone and earth and has a maximum diameter of 14m and a maximum height of 0.6m. The original profile of the mound has been obscured due to material being removed in the early 19th century for road building. The cist contained a human skeleton which was revealed during this stone removal in 1820; the remains were re-interred in nearby Treborough churchyard.
Selected Sources
Book Reference - Author: Riley, H & Wilson-North, R - Title: The Field Archaeology of Exmoor - Date: 2001 - Page References: 35 - Type: DESC TEXT
Article Reference - Author: Grinsell, L V - Title: Somerset Barrows - Date: 1969 - Journal Title: Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society - Volume: 113 - Page References: 42 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Withycombe No 4