What is recorded here
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
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare and early form of funerary monument, reflecting early communal burial practices in the British Isles.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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