What is recorded here
In wet pasture 75m W of a watercourse. Possible barrows (LI040-065001/003-) lie 200m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 108; AP 5/2118) as an earthwork complex. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2020.
See attached Bruff aerial photograph (108) and Google Earth orthoimage.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 25 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its identification through aerial photography highlights the value of such methods in uncovering previously unrecorded prehistoric monuments.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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