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Brean Down
Hob Uid: 617246
Location : Somerset Sedgemoor Brean
Grid Ref : ST2960758714
Summary : Boundary walls and ditches of a supposed Bronze Age field system were investigated during excavations on Brean Down in the 1980s. They were subsequently interpreted as stock control enclosures and associated with a very nearby probable Bronze Age settlement.
More information : (SU 296587 located from plan-fig 3). Boundary walls and ditches were located during the 1983-7 excavations. The walls comprised of large facing stones with an infill of rubble. This system of stone banks and ditches is very similar to Gwithian, and probably formed enclosures for stock control. Some of the deposits show evidence of ploughing, but this is not demonstrated within the ceramic assemblage. (1)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : M. Bell
Page(s) : 63-72
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Vol(s) : 15

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Field Boundary, Cultivation Marks, Stock Enclosure
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence, Earthwork, Ruined Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 13811
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 25 NE 16
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