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Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation

A Scheduled Monument in Emborough, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2503 / 51°15'1"N

Longitude: -2.5646 / 2°33'52"W

OS Eastings: 360690.778001

OS Northings: 150277.667651

OS Grid: ST606502

Mapcode National: GBR MS.1D2S

Mapcode Global: VH89M.HTKW

Entry Name: Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation

Scheduled Date: 5 October 1959

Last Amended: 20 May 1994

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1008288

English Heritage Legacy ID: 22807

County: Somerset

Civil Parish: Emborough

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Details

The monument includes a bell barrow situated on level ground south of
Blackwell Tyning Plantation. The barrow has a steep sided mound, c.32m in
diameter and 2.5m high, surrounded by a berm or platform c.4m wide.
Surrounding the berm is a ditch from which material was quarried during the
construction of the monument. This has become infilled over the years and,
although no longer visible at ground level, it survives as a buried feature
c.3m wide.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

Bell barrows, the most visually impressive form of round barrow, are funerary
monuments dating to the Early and Middle Bronze Age, with most examples
belonging to the period 1500-1100 BC. They occur either in isolation or in
round barrow cemeteries and were constructed as single or multiple mounds
covering burials, often in pits, and surrounded by an enclosure ditch. The
burials are frequently accompanied by weapons, personal ornaments and pottery
and appear to be those of aristocratic individuals, usually men. Bell barrows
(particularly multiple barrows) are rare nationally, with less than 250 known
examples, most of which are in Wessex. Their richness in terms of grave goods
provides evidence for chronological and cultural links amongst early
prehistoric communities over most of southern and eastern England as well as
providing an insight into their beliefs and social organisation. As a
particularly rare form of round barrow, all identified bell barrows would
normally be considered to be of national importance.

The bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation survives well and will
contain archaeological and environmental information relating to the monument
and the landscape in which it was constructed.

Source: Historic England

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