What is recorded here
In rolling pasture immediately E of a field boundary. Present remains consist of a raised sub-circular shaped mound (dims. 11.6m N-S X 5.3m E-W; H 0.8m) with a gentle slope to N, S and E froming a platform in the centre. Limestone outcropping throughout. Earthwork is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 29 June 2020
A Neolithic mound barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of early funerary monument in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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