MSO11437 - Post-medieval or modern excavation spoil heap west of burial cairn (Monument)

Mound c2ft high (Minehead Without 8b). Very large hollow in the centre. Uncertain as to whether it is a barrow or a spoil heap. Material being taken from MSO7660 (Minehead Without 8). [1] Is a rectangular mound certainly composed of material taken from the centre of the barrow to the west. [2] Completely covered by young gorse and heather. Stones have been uncovered in one place. [3] Mound 0.75 metres high and 15 metres diameter with large hollow in centre. [4] Wrongly identified as Grinsell's Minehead Without 6 by Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division and D Thackray. [5] A spoil heap from the excavation of MSO7660. [8] Scheduling revised with new national number (was Somerset 345) on 3 September 2002. [9] The mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs at SS 9251 4791 and measures 7 metres long by 5 metres wide. [10-12]