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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

On shelf of SE-facing hillslope in upland region overlooking river valley from ENE through E to S. Monument consists of a low flat-topped mound (top diam. 7.5m SE-NW; base diam. 10.5m SE-NW; H at NW 0.7m; H at SE 2m) of earth and stone construction with no traces of an enclosing fosse visible. Nearby field boundary running SE-NW runs close to base of mound at NE side. Mound appears to have been dug into the side of the hill as it is higher on the SE side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic mound barrow; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Such barrows are significant as early funerary monuments, reflecting communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Britain.

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