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Kit Barrows Cairns is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Somerset, England. The site comprises a group of cairns, stone burial mounds characteristic of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period, roughly 2300 to 800 BCE. These earthworks represent an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the Somerset landscape. The cairns remain significant for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and the distribution of burial monuments across the south-western counties of England.
Kit Barrows Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020828. View the official record →
Kit Barrows Cairns is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020828.
Kit Barrows Cairns is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020828.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.9 km), Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old Vicarage (6.9 km), Packhorse bridge 60m north east of Royal Oak Farm (7.2 km).
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