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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In improved pasture, on exterior of enclosure (TS060-107005-). Circular area (dims. 2.75m N-S; 2.5m E-W) defined by shallow fosse (Wth 1.25m; D 0.13m). Interior is a low profile dome shape. Ditch-barrows (TS060-107008- and TS060-107009-) are 5.5m and 20m to E respectively and a small possible mound barrow (TS060-107010-) is 14m to the SSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 July 2014
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of monument is significant as it represents an early form of burial practice involving a circular ditch and a low earthen mound, often associated with single inhumations.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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