
What is recorded here
On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15601: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15601.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 8 September 2020
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Part of a significant burial complex, indicating communal or elite burial practices in the Bruff area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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