What is recorded here
On the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. Subcircular low grass-covered rise (dims 9m E-W; 8m N-S; H 0.2-0.3m). Bowl barrow (RO028-063001-) is 50m to the WNW, mound barrow (RO028-063005-) is c. 70m to the N and ring-barrow (RO028-064001-) is c. 200m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BC). It is part of a broader funerary landscape on the Carnfree ridge, indicating regional burial practices and social organisation during the Bronze Age.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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