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Monument Number 194352

Hob Uid: 194352
Location :
Somerset
Sedgemoor
Shipham
Grid Ref : ST4531057000
Summary : Cairn and possibly related field clearance heaps.
More information : 'A' 'B' [ST4536 5713: ST 4531 5701]
TUMULUS [G.T., Twice]. (1)

'A' T.181 51o 18' 37" 42o 47' 1" Bowl barrow: consists of
a crescent shaped mound, the northern portion and part of the
central mass having been dug away. Built of stones, it is now
[1927] 4' high x 40' across the horns.

'B' T.182 51o 18' 33" 2o 47' 4" bowl barrow, largely destroyed.

Piles of stones added in recent years (3) Scheduled (both). (2-4)

'B' - (Grinsell'e Shipham 5) is a cairn 0.4m high, cut by an E-W
wall. The southern half is only faintly visible.
Surveyed at 1/2500.

'A' - (Shipham 6) is an irregular shaped pile of stones
situated at the junction of two field banks. There are several
others on the banks of a post-Md. field system and all are
undoubtedly clearance mounds. (5)

Additional reference - as 5. (6)
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Source details : OS 6" 1961.
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Source details : Proc. U.B.S.S., 3, pt. 1, 1927, 32-33 (E.K. Tratman).
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Source details : Corr. 6" (E.K. Tratman, 3/56).
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Source details : A.M. Eng. & Wales, 1961, p. 82.
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Source details : F1 JP 19-APR-66
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : PSANHS 115 1971 119 (L V Grinsell)
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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, Clearance Cairn
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 45 NE 30
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-04-19
End Date : 1966-04-19