MSO7919 - Bronze Age burial cairn on Culbone Hill (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
SS 8337 4733 Cairn. A mound situated on a slight terrace in dense coniferous woodland just below the summit of the saddle of the eastern end of Culbone Hill near the head of Smalla Combe. It is 30 metres northnortheast of the cairn MSO7918 and was discovered by N.V Quinnell in 1975 [1]. The flat topped mound, almost certainly a small sepulctral cairn, is 3.3 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres maximum height. Probing revealed a content of small stones. No kerb was evident. Two trees have grown on the mound but little superficial damage seems to have been done. (Note: this cairn is depicted on the 1:1000 plan of Culbone stone Row MSO7893 [2]). [3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4]
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SMO5308 Verbal communication: Various. Various. Oral Information. NV Quinnell, 1 February 1990.
- <2> SMO5504 Technical drawing: Sainsbury, I.. 1990. Culbone Stone Row/ink survey. 1:100. Permatrace. Pen and Ink.
- <3>XY SMO7324 Unpublished document: Sainsbury, I.S.S. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 11 January 1990. [Mapped feature: #44561 ]
- <4> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 859211, Extant 22 February 2022.
External Links (1)
- www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=859211 (Original Monarch entry: 859211)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO12727
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 84 NW45
- National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 859211
- Somerset SMR PRN: 57152
Location
Grid reference | SS 8337 4733 (point) |
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Map sheet | SS84NW |
Civil Parish | PORLOCK, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Feb 22 2022 3:27PM
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