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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 6656 4062 (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 14 paces diameter and 3ft high (Evercreech 8). Touches the barrows to the W (PRN 23494) and E (PRN 23496). Probably Skinners No 5. Hollows in top. {1}
Opened by Skinner, primary cremation placed on a flat stone, with flint implement (?borer) nearby. {2}
12m diameter and 1.5m high with a flat top showing signs of old excavation. Stones are very near to the surface and exposed in small areas where the turf has been lost. {3}
Scheduled as AM 257i. Contained within hillfort (PRN 23483) and cemetery (PRN 23483). {7}
| 1 | Mention - Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological. Nat. History. Soc. Grinsell, L.V 1971 "Somerset Barrows, part 2" vol 115, 105 |
| 2 | Historical reference - BM Skinner ms 33698 folio 77 and 83-5 (17.07.1827) |
| 3 | Detailed records - HBMC Field Monument Wardens report (SCC Planning Department) |
| 4 | Detailed records - Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 1966 ST64SE6 (SCC Planning Department) |
| 5 | Map - Grinsell, LV. Somerset barrows, part 2: North and East. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 115 (1971), Supplement [page 81] |
| 6 | Map - Historic Environment Service 1:1250 HBC 2.021.-1 |
| 7 | Personal communication - Dennison, E Somerset County Council 13.04.87 |
Record created in May 1985
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