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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:09 pm Post subject: Settlement on the Mendip |
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Within the Mendip Hills AONB, good evidence exists for 286 definite examples of round barrows.[30] The National Monuments Record (NMR) holds over 1,200 entries for the area, and there are over 600 listed buildings,[31] in addition to over 200 scheduled ancient monuments.[32] These protected monuments range from prehistoric barrows and hillforts to the Black Down bombing decoy from the Second World War.[31]
Settlement on the Mendip Hills appears to fall into two types. The first, apparent in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, and repeated on a small scale in the medieval and post-medieval era, comprised occupation by self-sufficient groups in small communities or isolated farms. The second was represented in the Iron Age and Roman periods by large sites with specialist functions, existing by virtue of their ability to exert power over lowland producers. From the Iron Age onward the ownership of land took on increasing importance, with large landholdings based on the mines or on stock grazing, denying settlers access to the plateau or forcing them off the hills.[33]
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