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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On top of level surface of a slight rise, on the floor of a wide gently sloping NE-SW orientated valley, in level low-lying wet pasture. This ring-barrow is conjoined to a second ring-barrow (TS058-070001-) to the ESE. An embanked enclosure (TS058-046----) is located 18m to the NE, the standing stone (TS058-023004-) at Longstone is visible 1.5km to the NNE with a mound-barrow (TS058-047----) visible 750m to the SE. Circular area (diam. 2.4m) defined by an earthen scarp (Wth 0.6m; H 0.15m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.7m) and an external earthen bank (overall Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.05m). The external bank is incorporated into the external bank of a slightly smaller ring-barrow (TS058-070001-) WSW-WNW. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, and part of a small barrow group, indicating a significant funerary or ritual landscape.

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