What is recorded here
In improved pasture, on an elevated area of ground defined by old water channels. A ditch barrow (TS066-061003-) abuts c. 2m to the WNW and a ditch barrow (TS066-061004-) is located c. 10m to the W. A circular area (dims. 2.2m N-S.; 2m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.05-0.12m). The interior is dome-shaped and is marginally higher than the external ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with a broader ritual or funerary landscape. Its proximity to other ditch barrows suggests a significant ceremonial grouping.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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