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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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In gently undulating wet pasture, on the E edge of a small barrow cemetery, with a ring-barrows (TS065-007001-; TS065-007002-) c. 100m to the SW and WSW respectively and ditch barrows (TS065-007004-; TS065-007005-; TS065-007006-; TS065-007007-) c. 45m to the SSE and SSW, c. 90m to the SSW and c. 60m to the WSW respectively. Identified during field inspection. Circular area (diam. 5m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (Wth 0.8m; H 0.1m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.7m) and an external low broad earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; overall Wth 0.8m). The W half of the circuit is better preserved while the E half is barely visible at ground level. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2014
Bronze Age ring-barrow, part of a small barrow cemetery. Its location and association with ditch barrows suggest a ritual or funerary landscape significant to early Bronze Age communities in the region.

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