Summary
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.
Reasons for Designation
The bowl barrow 455m west of Brimple Pit Pool is scheduled for the following principal reasons:
History
The main period of round barrow construction occurred in the Early Bronze Age between about 2200-1500 BC (a period when cremation succeeded inhumation as the primary burial rite), although Neolithic examples are known from as early as 3000 BC. These funerary monuments were constructed as earthen mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often acted as a focus of burials in later periods.
Details
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.
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Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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