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On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses, in the N corner of a field. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15606: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a faint roughly circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 7m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however it is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15606. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a larger burial complex. Its presence indicates early agrarian settlement and communal burial practices in the region.

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