Barrow — ring-barrow in Carnakit

The saved record identifies Barrow — ring-barrow in Carnakit as Barrow — ring-barrow. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date. The saved detailed account records: Visible as a circular feature on aerial photograph (OS: 2/4212), and situated towards the bottom of the N facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 12.2m N-S) defined by a slight bank (Wth c. 3m; max. H 0.1m) N-E-SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Its classification points to burial or commemoration. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.

No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.

The public record still maps Barrow — ring-barrow in Carnakit as Barrow — ring-barrow. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.

The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with barrow — ring-barrow. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.