What is recorded here
In pasture, on a S-facing slope, abutting a ring-barrow (TS066-193002-) to the W. Identified during field survey by Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly (17 February 2009). An enclosure (TS066-192----) is located c. 25m to the SW. A circular area (dims. 5.25m N-S; 5.1m E-W) defined by a fosse (overall Wth 1.75m; basal Wth 0.4m; D 0.05m). The outer edge of the fosse is slightly damaged in the E quadrant by a land drain which flanks the NNW-SSE running field boundary.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 9 September 2014
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its association with a ring-barrow suggests a ceremonial or funerary landscape significant for prehistoric burial practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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