What is recorded here
On the N side of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 8.8m E-W; 8.5m N-S; H 0.2-0.4m) which is incorporated into a relict NE-SW field bank. Bowl-barrow (RO028-063001-) is c. 60m to the SW, mound barrow (RO028-063004-) is c. 70m to the S, and ring-barrow (RO028-064001-) is c. 210m to the E. Rath (RO028-063002-) is c. 50m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A Neolithic bowl barrow; part of a broader funerary landscape in the Carnfree ridge area, indicating early ceremonial or burial activity.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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