What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope within a golf course. Circular, round-topped, grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base c. 11m; H 0.5-1.5m). Embanked enclosure (RO006-118007-) is c. 125m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A Neolithic mound barrow, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, representing an early form of burial monument associated with collective or elite interment. Its location within an embanked enclosure suggests a ritual or ceremonial landscape.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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