What is recorded here
In pasture 180m SE of enclosure (LI023-058----). Not depicted on the OS maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 22; AP 4/3665) as circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 30m) defined by a scarp. Upstanding monument (approx. ext. diam. 34m) clearly visible as a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 18m) enclosed by a fosse and outer bank on OSi orthoimage. Pond immediately to NNE and a second pond to SSE. Cropmark of levelled monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 25/05/2017. Same site as LI024-177----.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 21 July 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as an early funerary monument identified through aerial survey, indicating prehistoric burial practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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