MSO12281 - Bronze Age bowl barrows on Periton Hill (Monument)

Two bowl barrows 11 paces diameter and 2 feet high. Minehead 1 at SS 9484 4423, Minehead 2 at SS 9487 4422. These two barrows seem to be shown on the 2 inch Ordnance Survey MS Map of c.1809. [1] What Grinsell refers to is the 2 inch drawing of 1802-3, where an ambiguous feature is shown at this location but appears to be on the south side of a trackway. Nothing is shown here on Ordnance Survey 1 inch 1st Edition 1809. [2] Grinsell's Minehead 1 is clearly visible at SS 9484 4423, 15 metres north of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar. It comprises a turf covered mound 0.5 metres high and 12 metres in diameter. A modern path runs over its south side, and here beside the path a bench has been placed on the barrow. The northern part is currently in dense scrub, comprising silver birch, brambles, gorse and heather. Grinsell's Minehead 2 could not be located. Minehead 1 surveyed at 1:2500 scale, July 1997. [3]