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Somerset Historic Environment Record
| Site Name: | Barrow, Small Down Camp, Evercreech | ||
| SCHEDULED MONUMENT: | Small Down Knoll camp [No:257] | ||
| Civil Parish: | Evercreech | ||
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| Grid Ref: | ST 6653 4061 (ST 64 SE) | ||
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As far as we are aware this site is open to the public at certain times. (Open Access Land, expires 30/09/06). [Information last updated on 14 May 2003]
Barrow 9 paces diameter and 2ft high from N and 4ft high from S (Evercreech 5). Probably Skinners No 8. Opened by him. Primary cremation with no urn. Flint flakes and "ruts which have holes in them" perhaps made by mice. Probably also opened by H. St. G Gray without result (his IX). {1}
Mound 7m diameter and 1.5m high. {3}
Scheduled as AM 257f. Contained within hillfort (PRN 23483) and cemetery (PRN 23502). {7}
| 1 | Mention - Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological. Nat. History. Soc. Grinsell, L.V 1971 "Somerset Barrows, part 2" vol 115, 106 |
| 2 | Historical reference - BM Skinner ms 33698 folio 77, 84, 85 and 87 (17.07.1827) |
| 3 | Detailed records - HBMC Field Monument wardens report (SCC Planning Department) |
| 4 | Map - Grinsell, LV. Somerset barrows, part 2: North and East. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 115 (1971), Supplement [page 81] |
| 5 | Map - Historic Environment Service 1:1250 HBC 2.021.-1 |
| 6 | Detailed records - Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 1966 ST64SE6 (SCC Planning Department) |
| 7 | Personal communication - Dennison, E [Ed], Somerset County Council, Sites and Monuments Record (13/04/1987) |
| 8 | Archive - SANHS, Taunton |
Record created in May 1985
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