What is recorded here
In reclaimed wet pasture, one of eleven barrows (LI040-026004-/0260013), 20m NW of large impressive rig-barrow (LI040-026001-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular shaped cropmark during examination of aerial photographs by the Discovery Programme. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimage dated 2011-13. Possible faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019.
See attached Bruff aerial photograph (2075, Site 2) and Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 15 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of a cluster of barrows, indicating a significant ritual or burial landscape in the area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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