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Monument Number 189581
Hob Uid: 189581
Location : Somerset Somerset West and Taunton Holford
Grid Ref : ST1485039500
Summary : A large platform cairn, 21m in diameter and 1m high, survives in good condition on the summit of Higher Hare Knap.
More information : ST 1485 3950: Remains of cairn, 20 paces x 2 1/2 ft. (1-2) This feature at ST 1484 3951 is a mutilated, grass covered, cairn 1.2m high. Surveyed at 1/2500. (3) The possible Bronze Age round barrow, or cairn, described above, is situated on the summit of Higher Hare Knap at 312m above OD. It is visible on aerial photographs as a mound, with a diameter of 26.5m. (4) The remains of a large platform cairn lie on the summit of Higher Hare Knap at ST 1485 3950. The cairn comprises a circular, flat-topped stony mound, 21m in diameter and 1m high. The mound is turf covered but some stone is visible. A small hollow and associated spoil heap lies on the west edge of the mound; a walker's cairn 3m in diameter lies on its NE edge. The cairn was recorded as part of the EH archaeological survey of the Quantock Hills AONB (5).

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Source details : A.T. Wicks, 1926
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Source details : W. Somerset Barrows MSs (L.V. Grinsell)
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Source details : F1 GHP 22-APR-65
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : RAF CPE/UK/1944 2122-3 23-JAN-1947
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Riley, H 2002 EH Field Investigation
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Cairn, Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Somerset)
External Cross Reference Number : 33290
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 13 NW 8
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-04-22
End Date : 1965-04-22

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 189581