MSO8845 - Cutcombe Barrow (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
[SS 9649 3571) Cutcombe Barrow (NR). [1] SS 9650 3571. Brompton Regis 1. A bowl barrow 23 paces diameter and 3.5 feet. high. Visited by Grinsell 10th May 1952. He suspects that the name Cutcombe Barrow may possibly have been originated by the Ordnance Survey during the original survey of 1790-1810 for convenience of reference. It is named Western Barrow on the 1838 tithe map (but the present name appears on 1809 1 inch 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map). [2,3] This is a bowl barrow 1.3 metres. high. Surveyed at 1/2500. [4] The barrow known as Cutcombe Barrow lies at the edge of a pasture field, and measures 22 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres high. It comprises a smoothed grass covered mound. On its eastern side the hedgebank clips the edge of the barrow and several large quartz blocks are visible on the ground. [5] The remains of the Bronze Age bowl barrow described by the previous authorities was seen as an earthwork and mapped from aerial photographs. [6-8] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [13] Cutcombe Barrow is labelled on the 2022 MasterMap data. [14]
Sources/Archives (14)
- <1> SEM7220 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1962. 6 Inch Map: 1962. 1:10560.
- <2> SSO1424 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1809. 1" 1st edition.
- <3> SMO5467 Article in serial: Grinsell, L.V.. 1969. Somerset Barrows. Part I: West and South. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 113. 16, 20, 28.
- <4> SMO7316 Unpublished document: PALMER, JP. Mid 1960s. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, F1, 25 August 1965.
- <5> SMO7329 Unpublished document: Wilson-North, R.. Various. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 7 July 1998.
- <6> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/1944/2150 (23 January 1947).
- <7> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. SMR 969 9673 (5 November 1981).
- <8> SMO6673 Collection: RCHME: Brendon Hills Mapping Project, SS93NE.
- <9> SSO260 Aerial photograph: September 19. HSL.UK.71-177 Run 97. 8782.
- <10> SSO157 Aerial photograph: 04.03.93. DAP VU 27.
- <11> SSO289 Aerial photograph: 1947. LHL CPE/UK/1980. 3339.
- <12> SEM7406 Unpublished document: McDonnell, R.. 1980. Gazetteer of Sites in the Exmoor National Park Identified through Aerial Photography. SS9635.
- <13> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 36624, Extant 13 April 2022.
- <14>XY SEM340925 Map: Ordnance Survey. 2022. MasterMap data. 1:2,500. [Mapped feature: #39679 ]
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36624 (Original Monarch entry: 36624)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MMO199
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11080
- Local List Status (Proposed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 93 NE11
- National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 36624
- Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 33377
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 9649 3571 (36m by 36m) |
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Map sheet | SS93NE |
Civil Parish | BROMPTON REGIS, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Apr 13 2022 12:23PM
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