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Priddy Nine Barrows
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2011
Priddy Nine Barrows submitted by Andy B on 17th Jun 2011. Bronze Age Barrows
In the foreground is a Bowl Barrow. This is one of a pair of bowl barrows (the phtographer was standing on the other) which, along with 7 other round barrows, make up Priddy Nine Barrows. In the distance is Ashen Hill and 6 of the 8 Ashen Hill Barrows can be seen there silhoueted against the wood.
Copyright Sharon Loxton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Priddy Circles Unfinished N
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2011
Priddy Circles Unfinished N submitted by Andy B on 17th Jun 2011. Tumulus in the corner of the field. A large number of very ancient landmarks exist on the Mendip plateau. This one is by the B3134 near Hill Grange at ST 537 536.
Copyright Jonathan Billinger and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Priddy Circles
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2011
Priddy Circles submitted by Andy B on 17th Jun 2011. Map of earthworks at Priddy Rings, Somerset, England. Date: 1911
Source: The Victoria History of the Counties of England, A History Of Somerset, Volume 2.
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Bathampton
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Oct 2011
Bathampton submitted by Andy B on 11th Oct 2011. The Bartington magnetometer in use at the site on Bathampton Down
Image copyright Rod Thomas and John Oswin /
Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society
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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2012
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by Andy B on 29th Apr 2012. John Oswin from Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society describes their geophysical survey of The Cove at the Megalithic Portal day out on 28th April. Here he describes the profiling, 'worm's eye view' as he called it.
More details in Chapter 5 of the survey here (PDF 4MB)
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Stanton Drew SSW
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2012
Stanton Drew SSW submitted by Andy B on 29th Apr 2012. Terence Meaden describes where last year Pete Glastonbury and himself found fresh 'excavations' by a badger from under stone 10 of the SSW circle. Two scrapers and some bones were found exposed. These were given to English Heritage who we are told are about to start examining them.
Part of at the Megalithic Portal day out on 28th April.
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Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2013
Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by Andy B on 10th Feb 2013. Visitors to Tarr Steps surveying the flood damage
Image Credit: Exmoor National Park
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Fromefield Stones
Trip No.16 Entry No.1 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Fromefield Stones submitted by Andy B on 6th Jul 2020. These stones are in a private garden and you must ask for permission before visiting
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Stoney Littleton
Trip No.16 Entry No.2 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Stoney Littleton submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Mar 2005. Stoney Littleton barrow viewed from the west.
Its a cracking little barrow, with the most wonderful passage and chambers inside, and the powers that be have even left a decent sized area around it free of any farming activity. A lovely sunny day, but some of the walk to the barrow was horrendously muddy.
The fields around the barrow had recently been ploughed, a crop of beet of some sort having been the last grown. While walking back after my visit, I found a bit of the lovely golden colou...
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Orchardleigh Stones
Trip No.16 Entry No.3 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Orchardleigh Stones submitted by hamish on 30th Jul 2005. These are lovely stones when they carch the sunlight.
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The Devil's Bed and Bolster
Trip No.16 Entry No.4 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
The Devil's Bed and Bolster submitted by JimChampion on 18th Apr 2007. In the foreground are the stones that presumably formed part of the end chamber in the tomb. Beyond are the stones at the entrance. The cut logs show that there has been some clearance of woody plants from the remains of the barrow mound. Signs on a nearby fencepost indicate that this barrow is alongside a 'conservation walk' - a phrase usually used for a permissive path around an area of natural/historical interest. Thankfully there weren't too many nettles beneath these trees - I was wearing s...
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Giants Grave, Southmead
Trip No.16 Entry No.5 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Giants Grave, Southmead submitted by hamish on 14th Apr 2005. Only a slight rise is detectable, the farmer told me they do not plough this field.
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Braysdown Barrow
Trip No.16 Entry No.13 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
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Big Tree Long Barrow
Trip No.16 Entry No.6 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Big Tree Long Barrow submitted by hamish on 14th Apr 2005. I didn't venture into the field as it had just been ploughed. I cannot find any information about this barrow other than it is here.
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Roundhill Barrow
Trip No.16 Entry No.7 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Roundhill Barrow submitted by Iain_P on 24th May 2017. Here's a simulation (= not very scientific, manipulated Photoshopped image!) showing the barrow without the trees, bushes and knee-deep vegetation. Actually, purely by accident, it fits quite well with the dimensions and description given on the Heritage England listing:
"circular in plan, measuring about 21m in diameter, and survives to a height of approximately 1.7m, with steep sloping sides descending from a level area on the summit which measures 10m across." (List Entry Number: 1013521)
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Rowberrow Field Barrow
Trip No.16 Entry No.8 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
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Jubilee Field
Trip No.16 Entry No.9 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
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Staplemead Round Barrow
Trip No.16 Entry No.12 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
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Conquest Field
Trip No.16 Entry No.11 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
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Elm Barrows, Great Elm
Trip No.16 Entry No.10 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
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