MSO6260 - Bronze Age burial cairn on Dunkery Hill (Monument)

Summary

A small well preserved Bronze Age burial cairn on the southeast slope of Dunkery Hill measures 7 metres in diameter and 1 metre high.

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At SS 9143 4236 is a circular, heather covered, mound of earth and stones 0.4 metres high. It is probably a small bowl barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500. [1,9,10] Bowl barrow 8 paces diameter and 1 foot high (Wootton Courtenay 8). [2] A small, well preserved cairn lies on the southeast slope of Dunkery Hill, close to the bridle way at SS 91437 42360. It comprises a circular, heather covered mound of earth and stone, 7 metres in diameter and 1 metre high. The cairn was surveyed using differential GPS as part of the RCHME Exmoor Project. [3,4] Scheduled on 23 April 2003. [5] In good condition. Wrongly positioned on Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 6 inch map. [6] The Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment of 2009 gave the site a survival score of 3. [11] The site was surveyed in April 2015 as part of the 2015 Exmoor Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment. It was given a survival score of 0. [12]

Sources/Archives (12)

  • <1> Unpublished document: PITCHER, GHP. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, 24 June 1965.
  • <2> Article in serial: Grinsell, L.V.. 1969. Somerset Barrows. Part I: West and South. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 113.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Riley, H.. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 10 April 1997.
  • <4> Survey: RCHME. 1997. Exmoor survey. NMR Site SS 94 SW 20.
  • <5> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 13/5/2003. English Heritage to Somerset County Council.
  • <6> Unassigned: SMR file 34345.
  • <7> Survey: Western Archaeological Trust. 1980s. Exmoor Aerial Photograph Survey. 9142.
  • <8> Aerial photograph: 1947. LHL CPE/UK/1980. 4176.
  • <9> Photograph: PROBABLE BARROW OR OVERGROWN CAIRN AT WOOTTON COURTENAY FROM WEST. OS65/F139/2. B/W. MICROFILM.
  • <10> Photograph: PROBABLE BARROW OR OVERGROWN CAIRN AT WOOTTON COURTENAY FROM WEST. OS65/F139/3. B/W. MICROFILM.
  • <11> Report: Bray, L.S.. 2010. Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment 2009, Exmoor National Park.
  • <12> Report: Gent, T. and Manning, P.. 2015. Exmoor National Park Scheduled Monument Condition Survey 2015.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11775
  • Local List Status (No)
  • National Monuments Record reference: SS 94 SW20
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park
  • National Trust HER Record
  • Pastscape HOBID (was Monarch UID): 37014
  • Site of Special Scientific Interest
  • Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 34345

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Grid reference Centred SS 9140 4235 (14m by 13m) (Centred on)
Map sheet SS94SW
Civil Parish WOOTTON COURTENAY, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Jan 27 2016 1:18PM

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