MSO8742 - Possible Bronze Age barrow on Withypool Hill (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
SS 8369 3425. Round mound with enclosing circular ditch, possible barrow, seen on aerial photograph. [1,2] No trace of the alleged barrow was visible at the National Grid Reference cited. [3] The mound could not be found on the ground, though vegetation may have concealed it. [4] A possible barrow of Bronze Age date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1946, at circa SS 8367 3426. The cropmarks have been interpreted as forming over a levelled mound of circa 10 metres diameter within encircling ditch of about 2 metres width. [5,6] The site was subject to a desk based assessment and field survey in 2017. This feature, however, was not identified during the 2017 field survey. [7] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [8]
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SEM7406 Unpublished document: McDonnell, R.. 1980. Gazetteer of Sites in the Exmoor National Park Identified through Aerial Photography. 8334.
- <2> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. LHL CPE/UK/1980 (April 1947).
- <3> SMO7329 Unpublished document: Wilson-North, R.. Various. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 2 February 1995.
- <4> SEM6702 Verbal communication: Bray, L.S.. 2008. Withypool Hill Site Visit.
- <5> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. NMR RAF 160G/UK/1655 (F20) 3295-6 (11 July 1946).
- <6> SMO7580 Archive: 2007-2009. Exmoor National Park NMP: SS 83 SW. MD002197.
- <7> SEM8541 Report: Passmore, A. and Dean, R.. 2018. Withypool Hill, Withypool, Exmoor Park: Results of archaeological desk-based assessment, measured and photographic survey of Withypool Stone Circle, and geophysical survey.
- <8> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1051704, Extant 2 February 2022.
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1051704 (Pastscape entry: 1051704)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MMO509
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11753
- Local List Status (Require info)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 83 SW20
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 1051704
- Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 34321
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 8367 3426 (21m by 21m) Aerial survey |
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Map sheet | SS83SW |
Civil Parish | WITHYPOOL AND HAWKRIDGE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Survey: 1993-1996: TS - West Exmoor Project (EMO6590)
- Event - Survey: 2007-2009: AP - Exmoor National Park NMP (EEM14906)
- Event - Survey: 2017: DBA; WS - Withypool Hill (EEM14724)
- Event - Survey: Field Observation on SS 83 SW 20 (EMO13789)
- Event - Survey: Withypool Hill Site Visit (EEM13939)
Record last edited
Feb 2 2022 2:29PM
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