MSO8856 - Bronze Age bowl barrow on King's Brompton Common (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
A circular ditchless mound on King's Brompton Common at ST 0127 3396 may be a bowl barrow. It is 0.6 metres high and has a flattened top. Surveyed at 1:2500. [1] ST 0127 3396. Brompton Regis 4. Possible bowl barrow. It is a slightly squarish mound which has been mutilated. [2] (ST 0127 3396) Tumulus (NR). [3] The Bronze Age bowl barrow described by the previous authorities was seen as an earthwork and mapped from aerial photographs and measures roughly 15 metres in diameter. [4] Barrow sheduled on 28 January 2003. [6] The Bronze Age barrow survives as a circular earthen mound 12.5 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. It lies in improved pasture, and has been truncated on its southern side by a track which is also a public footpath. In addition, the summit of the barrow has been disturbed, probably by a ring feeder being placed upon it; this seems to have happened very recently. [7] The Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment of 2009 gave the site a survival score of 3. [8] The site was surveyed in June 2015 as part of the 2015 Exmoor Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment. It was given a survival score of 0. [9]
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SMO7316 Unpublished document: PALMER, JP. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, 9 August 1965.
- <2> 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. P. 28.
- <3> SSO1456 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1977. 1:10,000 ST03SW.
- <4> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. NMR OS/70387 500-501 (25 September 1970).
- <5> SMO6672 Collection: RCHME: Brendon Hills Mapping Project, ST 03 SW.
- <6> SMO7329 Unpublished document: Wilson-North, R.. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 11 Nov 1998.
- <7> SSO1115 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 21/2/2003. English Heritage to SMR.
- <8> SEM7402 Report: Bray, L.S.. 2010. Scheduled Monument Condition Assessment 2009, Exmoor National Park.
- <9> SEM8278 Report: Gent, T. and Manning, P.. 2015. Exmoor National Park Scheduled Monument Condition Survey 2015.
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=188481 (Original Monarch entry: 188481)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MMO251
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11076
- Local List Status (No)
- National Monuments Record reference: ST 03 SW17
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- Pastscape HOBID (was Monarch UID): 188481
- Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 33373
Location
Grid reference | Centred ST 0126 3396 (25m by 24m) |
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Map sheet | ST03SW |
Civil Parish | BROMPTON REGIS, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jan 3 2018 9:40AM
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