What is recorded here
In improved wet pasture, c. 5m to SW of natural scarp of old water channel (long-axis c. E-W). Circular area (dims. 3.2m N-S; 3.5m E-W) defined by fosse (Wth 2.1m; D 0.18m) which is best defined (Wth 1.3m; D 0.14m) NNE-ESE. Gap (basal Wth 1.2m) at NNW. Interior is very low in profile and is c. 0.08m lower than exterior ground level. Identified as a ring-ditch on an aerial photograph (OS 2435/4). Two ring-barrows (TS066-076003- and TS066-076002-) are 1.1m to NW and 2m to W respectively. General area of monument is gently undulating due to former water activity.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular fosse and orientation suggest a funerary or ritual function, typical of burial monuments in this period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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