Scheduled Monument: Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross
(1021063)
Authority
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Other Ref
35702
Date assigned
11 August 2003
Date last amended
Date revoked
Details
The monument includes a bowl barrow of prehistoric date located just below the summit of Lype Hill which forms the western edge of the Brendon Hills, a broad ridge which dominates the eastern region of Exmoor. The barrow is formed by a near circular flat-topped mound with a height of 1m and a maximum diameter of 15.8m. In keeping with other bowl barrows in the region, the mound is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried for the construction of the mound and, although it is no longer clearly visible at ground level, the ditch will survive as a buried feature up to 2m wide.
All fencing and fence posts are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath these features is included.
Selected Sources
Book Reference - Title: National Monument Record - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: SS 93 NW 5
Article Reference - Author: Grinsell, L V - Title: Somerset Barrows - Date: 1969 - Journal Title: Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society - Volume: 113 - Page References: 30 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Cutcombe No 9