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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In reclaimed pasture, one of a group of eleven possible barrows (LI040-026002/011-; 026013-) and 140m E of large impressive barrow (LI040-026001-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (AP 5/2101) as a small circular cropmark of a possible barrow. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken 2005-12. Faint cropmark of possible ditch-barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. See attached aerial photograph with site marked No. 12. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 May 2021
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). Its presence within a group of possible barrows suggests a significant prehistoric burial or ritual landscape in the Rathanny area.

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