What is recorded here
In pasture on a ridge aligned E-W with excellent views in all directions. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. A ring-barrow (diam. 8.5m) defined by an earthen scarp (H 0.35-1.1m) surviving from NE to NW and truncated to the N by a field boundary. The outer edge is difficult to distinguish from the natural hillslope. The interior (diam. 5m) is slightly dished (D 0.25m).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 15 August 2023
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, representing a type of circular burial mound common in Britain and Ireland during the second millennium BCE. Its location on a prominent ridge suggests ritual or symbolic significance related to landscape and visibility.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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