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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In wet pasture, at the E end of a low ridge (long axis c. E-W), on a gentle E-facing slope. Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. A circular area (dims. 6m E-W; 5.75m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth 0.75-1m; D 0.05-0.1m). The interior is generally level. Enclosure (TS059-004----) is c. 28m to ESE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 October 2013
A Neolithic ditch barrow; its shallow fosse and circular form are characteristic of early funerary monuments in the region, reflecting ritual landscape use.

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