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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed low-lying pasture. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 10m), defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth satellite imagery, 18 November 2018), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There are a large number of barrows and enclosures in the general vicinity, including an enclosure (TS066-039003-) c. 150m to the SSE. See attached: TS066-229----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 18 November 2018) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 7 January 2022
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its earthwork features and fosse suggest a funerary or ceremonial function, typical of burial monuments from this period in Atlantic Europe.

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Recorded monument

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