What is recorded here
Located NE of the Hill of Ward on a small esker. This was identified on LiDAR coverage (Davis 2011, 39), and is described as a mound (diam. 35m; H 1.5m) which is surrounded by shallow inner ditch and outer bank.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 29 February 2012
Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location on an esker suggests a strategic or ceremonial significance in a prehistoric landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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