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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses and which is adjacent to W of a linear land drain running N-S. Within a large complex of ring-barrows, where ring-barrows (LI023-283/-282----) lie 3m to N and 7m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by oblique aerial photography (McCloud AF 16). Monument is visible as a faint circular-shaped cropmark on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and McCloud aerial survey image labelled AF 16. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a larger barrow cemetery. Its significance lies in its association with a complex of related burial monuments, reflecting early communal burial practices in the region.

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Recorded monument

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