What is recorded here
Towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. Flat-topped grass-covered mound with some bushes (diam. of base 11m E-W; 10.6m N-S; diam. of top 9m N-S; 8.4m E-W; H 0.7m at S to 1.2m at W) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 3-3.8m; Wth of base 1.2-1.5m; D 0.3m at S to 0.7m at W). Barrow (RO027-050----) is c. 250m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction reflects early mound-building traditions associated with funerary or ceremonial practices in the British Isles.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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