What is recorded here
In flat terrain in reclaimed field under pasture. Within a linear barrow cemetery (L c. 130m) which runs NE-SW. Monument identified on Google Earth aerial imagery (Imagery Date: 2/20/2009). This ring-barrow (overall diam. 13.5m N-S; 11m E-W) is conjoined with another ring-barrow (TS065-073002-) to the E, both sharing their outer bank at the junction. Other ring-barrows in the cemetery include TS065-073003-; TS065-073004- and TS065-073005- which lie 28m, 58m and 121m to the NE respectively and TS065-073006- and TS065-073007- which lie 58m and 121m to the ENE respectively. It consists of a circular area (dims 7.4m N-S; 7.1m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.2-1.5m; D 0.15-0.2m) with evidence of an outer bank at the NW-N (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.15m; Wth at base 1.9m; Wth at crest 0.9m) and at the E (Wth 1.2m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 December 2013
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, part of a linear barrow cemetery; such cemeteries are significant for understanding prehistoric settlement and funerary practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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