What is recorded here
In improved, level pasture, overlooking fen SE-WSW. Circular area (dims. 6m N-S; 5m E-W) defined by lush green grass of shallow fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.08m) best defined SE-S-SW and traceable SW-N-SE. Interior generally same height as exterior ground level. Identified as one of a pair of ring-ditches on Bruff 30 aerial photograph survey (Aerial 2036?). Ditch barrow (TS066-016006-) c. 10m to N. Railway line close to N.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its circular fosse and location in a fen landscape suggest a ritual or funerary function typical of burial practices in this period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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