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Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries

Bronze Age barrow cemeteries in Somerset, UK

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Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemetery are a collection of round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC), near Priddy in the English county of Somerset. They are designated as ancient monuments. The barrows sit on crests of land at either end of a field in an area of the Mendip Hills with several Neolithic remains. They are assumed to be related to the Priddy Circles which lie 750 metres (2,460 ft) to the north. Ashen Hill consists of six bowl barrows and two bell barrows aligned east to west while Priddy Nine Barrows divided into one group of seven round barrows and another pair slightly separated from the others. Excavations in 1815 uncovered cremation burials and grave goods. A geophysical magnetometry survey suggested that there may have been three further barrows.

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Named as Priddy Nine Barrows

1296

John Skinner excavation

1815

Herbert E. Balch excavation

1894

Scheduled as ancient monuments

1933

Construction (Bronze Age)

c. 2000–700 BC

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Artificial Mounds
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

51.26° N, -2.66° E