What is recorded here
On slight SE-facing slope, in poorly drained pasture with stream 95m to SE. Ring-barrow (LI024-224----) lies 170m to ENE. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a poorly preserved monument consisting of a circular-shaped area (20m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 3.4m; H 0.65m) with possible traces of a shallow external fosse visible from NW-N-NE. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope. According to local information this area is known as ‘the moat field’. Outline of earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 18/11/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 July 2020
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its association with early funerary practices and burial mounds in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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