| Site Name: |
Henge 370m NE of Drove Cottage, Hillgrove Road, Priddy |
| SCHEDULED MONUMENT: |
Henge 370m north east of Drove Cottage [No:29764] |
| Civil Parish: |
Priddy |
| Grid Ref: |
ST 5592 4982 (ST 54 NE) |
The public accessibility of this site is unknown but it should be visible from a public right of way. Please assume that the site is private property. [Information last updated on 16 December 2002]
Details:
Possible henge. Mound 24ft diameter and 2ft high, ditch 22ft wide and 2ft deep, platform 50ft wide and outer bank 30ft wide and 3ft high (T239a). May be a disc barrow but the mound is eccentrically placed and has the appearance of being a recent addition, possibly a collection of stones from the field. The rest of the structure seems to be of earth. Consists of an outer ring mound broken by a gap that leads to the causeway. Edges of the bank ditch and platform blurred by the effects of ploughing. Overall diameter 154ft. {1}
Grinsell's Priddy 35. {2}
In 1954 while the field was under the plough it clearly revealed a circular bank. {3}
Has all the characteristics of a single entranced henge. {4}
Class I henge monument. Outer bank about 5m wide and 0.25m high. Within this a ditch 6m wide and 1m deep enclosing a central area 12m diameter rising to c1m. Trace of causeway on the N side with a corresponding break in the bank. Good turf cover but much eroded from past ploughing. {5}
Scheduling revised with new national number (was Somerset 299) on 8.4.1997. {6}
The site is surrounded by a number of barrows (PRNs 24140, 24157, 24156 and 24158) and a Neolithic occupation scatter (PRN 25965). {7}
The possible Neolithic henge, described above in (1) to (7) and centred at ST 5592 4982, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and lidar.
The earthwork consists of a sub-circular bank measuring 55m in diameter with an amorphous mound in the centre. The bank measures up to 13m in width. The mound in the centre measures 29m by 16m. {8}
References:
| 1 |
Mention - University of Bristol Spelaeological Society - Tratman's barrow catalogue, T239a |
| 2 |
Mention - Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological. Nat. History. Soc. Grinsell, L.V 1971 "Somerset Barrows, part 2" vol 115, 113 and 126 |
| 3 |
Mention - Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society Tratman, E.K 1958 "Another Henge monument on Mendip" vol 8(2), 124-5 |
| 4 |
Detailed records - Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division 1978 ST54NE16 (SCC Planning Department) |
| 5 |
Detailed records - SMR file 24154 |
| 6 |
Correspondence - English Heritage to Somerset County Council (25.4.1997) in HER files |
| 7 |
Personal communication - Matthew Nicholas, Somerset County Council (9/7/2003) |
| 8 |
Aerial photographs - NMR ST 5549/6 (15519/16) 18-JUL-1996 |
| 9 |
Aerial photographs - NMR ST 5549/4-5 (15532/13-14) 18-JUL-1996 |
| 10 |
Aerial photographs - RAF CPE/UK/2061 4255-6 11-MAR-1947 |
| 11 |
Aerial photographs - NMR ST 5649/1 (CAP) 12-JUN-1955 |
| 12 |
Aerial photographs - Mendip AONB Lidar ST 5648 April 2006 |
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