Barrow

Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 66-7), and situated on a gentle W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered and slightly domed platform (diam. of top 18.6m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE; diam. of base 27.5m NE-SW; 24.2m NW-SE; H 0.6-0.8m) defined by a gently rounded fosse (Wth of top 13.4-15m; Wth of base 3.5-7m; D 1-1.8m) and outer bank (Wth 3.2-5.4m; H 0.3-0.5m) which is incorporated into a flat-topped field bank (Wth of base 4.4m; Wth of top 2m; H 1.3m) E-SSW (max. ext. diam. 53.8m NE-SW; 50.4m NW-SE). There is an entrance (Wth 12.8m) in the bank at NE. Ring-barrow (RO034-103----) is c. 100m to the NNW. See the attached aerial view taken from the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE, likely serving as a communal burial monument. Its circular form and size suggest it was a significant local funerary structure, though its wider archaeological context remains poorly documented.