MDE20300 - Possible Bronze Age barrow or natural mound on Ilkerton Ridge (Monument)

Ilkerton Ridge, SS 7190 4481. 7a. Grinsell noted a bowl barrow in this location with a diameter of five paces and a height of one foot, found in July 1961. [1] There are numerous mounds similar to this one noted by Grinsell on Ilkerton Ridge (in an area centred SS 7188 4486). They are mounds of solid peat and appear to be natural features [2] SS 7188 4483. A heather and bracken covered mound about 4 metres diameter and 0.4 metres maximum height. Stone could be felt on probing. The closeness of the National Grid Reference suggests that this is the bowl barrow seen by Grinsell in 1961 [1]; however, the mound is rather amorphous and does not have a good form so, despite other prehistoric cairns in the area, it appears rather dubious and its classification as a barrow cannot be confirmed. [3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4]