What is recorded here
On a W-facing slope. Circular, round-topped and scrub-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 4.5-5m; H 1.1m generally to 1.4m at S) which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest. The large ring-barrow (RO006-124001-) is just to the S and barrow (RO006-124002-) is to the W. (Knox 1914b, 39-40)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It represents a significant burial monument type associated with early funerary practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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