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Latitude: 51.2542 / 51°15'14"N
Longitude: -2.713 / 2°42'46"W
OS Eastings: 350336
OS Northings: 150796
OS Grid: ST503507
Mapcode National: GBR MK.1BGK
Mapcode Global: VH89J.XQLX
Entry Name: Bowl barrow, 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool
Scheduled Date: 21 August 2013
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1415590
County: Somerset
Civil Parish: Westbury
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
The earthwork and buried remains of a bowl barrow situated 455m west of Brimble Pit Pool. It is one of a group of three barrows.
Source: Historic England
Principal elements
The bowl barrow which dates from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age is situated on a prominent ridge of a south-facing Mendip escarpment.
Description
It survives as a sub-circular mound surrounded by a buried quarry ditch, some 2m wide, from which the construction material was derived. The mound measures approximately 11m in diameter and stands 0.6m high.
Extent of scheduling
The scheduling boundary around the bowl barrow includes a 2m margin for the support and protection of the monument.
Source: Historic England
The bowl barrow 455m west of Brimple Pit Pool is scheduled for the following principal reasons:
* Survival: it survives comparatively well as an earthwork and in the form of buried archaeological features;
* Group value: it forms a group with two other barrows;
* Potential: it will contribute to our understanding of the social organisation and burial practices of the country's Bronze Age population.
Source: Historic England
Books and journals
Tratman, E K, 'Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society' in Fieldwork, (1927), 284
Source: Historic England
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