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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

Located c. 180m N of the Cauteen river, in pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) with an internal fosse, visible on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 11 March 2014; 18 November 2018), identified and reported by Tom Condit and by Jean-Charles Caillère. It is one of three ring-barrows in close proximity (TS050-027----; TS050-028----; TS050-029----) with another ring-barrow c. 60m to the SE. There is also an embanked enclosure (TS050-024----) c. 550m to the NNW and a bowl-barrow (TS050-026----) c. 460m to the N. See attached: TS050-028----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 11 March 2014) TS050-028----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 18 November 2018) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 January 2022
A Neolithic or Bronze Age ring-barrow, possibly associated with an early ritual or defensive enclosure; its internal fosse suggests a complex function, though wider significance remains unconfirmed.

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