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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

Situated on a slight rise, on a slight NNE-facing slope, in gently undulating, good pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 4.1m) enclosed by a broad scarp of earth (ext. H 0.2m). At the base of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 2.5m) and a broad external bank of earth (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m). A modern causeway (Wth 1.9m) crosses the fosse at W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). It is significant as a rare surviving example of a ring-barrow in the region, representing early funerary and ceremonial practices.

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