Site Event/Activity record EEM14522 - 2014: TS - Spooners Allotment, Exmoor Forest

Technique(s)

Organisation

Hazel Riley

Date

August 2014

Description

A metric survey of two mounds and their immediate environs on Spooner’s Allotment was carried out to record and accurately locate the earthworks. The survey has confirmed the interpretation of one of the mounds as a burnt mound, dating from c 2000-1500 BC, and suggested that the other mound may also be a burnt mound. The archaeological features were surveyed using survey grade differential GPS.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Report: Riley, H.. 2014. Metric survey of burnt mounds on Spooners Allotment, Exmoor Forest.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1609404, Extant 23 November 2021.

Map

Location

Location Spooners Allotment, Exmoor Forest
Grid reference Centred SS 7787 3738 (128m by 174m) Surveyed
Map sheet SS73NE
Civil Parish EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Possible burnt mound of unknown date on Spooners (Monument)
  • Prehistoric burnt mound on Spooners (Monument)
  • Prehistoric Cairn on Spooners (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (2)

  • 2012: WS - Spooners, Mires Project
  • 2013: MS - Burnt mound, Spooners, Mires Project

Record last edited

Nov 23 2021 4:50PM