
What is recorded here
Enclosure (LI032-049001-) and ring-barrows described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is a circular earthen platform surrounded by two banks and two fosses. The entrance is not recognisable. The maximum height of the platform over the fosse-bottom is 5' [1.5m] and the overall diameter is 306' [93m]. A fence and drainage trench have cut through the west side of the defences and another trench has cut through them on the south. Situated in wet low-land. In the field immediately to the N.E. of this there were at least three ring-barrows [LI032-149002-/003-004-], one of which now remains. This consists of a very slight mound surrounded by a fosse. The overall diameter is 18' [6m]. The field is a meadow and the other barrows were levelled to facilitate the operation of machinery therein. Nothing was found when they were cleared away' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 237). Cropmark of enclosure (LI032-149001-) visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. No cropmark visible today of levelled barrows in field to NE of enclosure.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 March 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE, typically associated with early ceremonial or funerary practices. Its construction with multiple banks and fosses suggests a significant communal effort and possible ritual importance in the local landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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