What is recorded here
In rough level pasture just above height of old water channels. Identified as a ring-ditch on an aerial photograph (OS 2435/6). A circular area (dims. 4.5m N-S; 4.5m E-W) defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 1.3m; D 0.13m) which is waterlogged S-W-NW. The interior is generally level and sloping down gradually around its perimeter to the fosse. The interior is the same height as the external ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic ditch barrow; its significance lies in its association with early ceremonial or funerary practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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