MSO12725 - Bronze Age burial cairn on Mill Hill (Monument)

Summary

A Bronze Age burial cairn surviving as a low heap of stones.

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

One of three cairns discovered by Grinsell in April 1962 [1]. They are and visible as small heather-covered stony mounds situated at about 394m above OD on the top of the flat saddle ridge between Inner and Outer Alscott near Mill Hill. C.SS 8292 4504 The best of the three lies about 60 metres due east of B (MSO11489) and is a cairn 5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. There is some slight erosion in the southwest quadrant and a few stones are exposed in the southeast. Some 10 metres west of cairn A is a low heather covered filed bank, part of the post medieval field system MMO657. It is possible that these are stone clearance heaps associated with it but their soild symmetrical appearance and prominent isolated position on the ridge suggest that they are almost certainly prehistoric burial cairns. [2] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [3]

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Article in serial: Grinsell, L.V.. 1969. Somerset Barrows, Part 1: West and South. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Nat. 113. p113.
  • <2>XY Unpublished document: Sainsbury, I.S.S. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME field investigation, 9 November 1995. [Mapped feature: #46942 ]
  • <3> Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1107218, Extant 22 February 2022.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO7765
  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Monuments Record reference: SS 84 NW37
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park
  • NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 1107218
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 57150

Map

Location

Grid reference SS 8292 4504 (point)
Map sheet SS84NW
Civil Parish OARE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2022 5:02PM

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