MSO11394 - Bronze Age barrow sites at unknown location on Brendon Hill (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
An urn containing portions of bones found before 1830 in a barrow on the Luxborough part of Brendon Hill when the barrow was being demolished for road material. The urn, which fell apart on removal, was contained in a hole in the native slate, next to another hole in which there was a quantity of ashes. Both were covered with a large white slate and a sandstone slab 5 feet by 3 feet (Luxborough 6). Another similar barrow is adjacent. [1-4] National Grid Reference is Ordnance Survey's and likely to be wrong as it is not in Luxborough Parish. A location to the west along the ridge road is more likely. Marginal site. [5] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [6]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SMO5467 Article in serial: Grinsell, L.V.. 1969. Somerset Barrows. Part I: West and South. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 113. 35.
- <2> SSO1733 Map: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1965. SS93NE. 5.
- <3> SSO1909 Monograph: Savage, J.. 1830. A History of the Hundred of Carhampton. 248-9.
- <4> SSO1787 Monograph: Phelphs, W. 1839. History of Somersetshire. 2, part II. 124-5.
- <5> SEM8675 Verbal communication: Various. 1900-. Somerset County Council / South West Heritage Trust staff comments. Chris Webster, 11 October 1993.
- <6> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 36608, Extant 11 April 2022.
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36608 (Original Monarch entry: 36608)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO7444
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 93 NE5
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 36608
- Somerset SMR PRN: 33750
Location
Grid reference | SS 9783 3767 (point) |
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Map sheet | SS93NE |
Civil Parish | LUXBOROUGH, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Finds (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
Apr 11 2022 6:40PM
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