What is recorded here
On flat pasture with good views in all directions. Identified on aerial photographs (CUCAP 19 July 1971, BGO 2 and GSI 8.4.1974, S. 584/3). Two ring-barrows (TS047-049----; TS047-049002-) are located 38m to the N and 54m to the W respectively. The most poorly preserved ring-barrow (overall diam. 20.5m N-S) of a group of three, consisting of a flat-topped mound (top diam. 10m; base diam. 11m; H 0.2m) partially damaged from N to E, enclosed by an inner fosse (base Wth 1.8m; top diam. 5.5m; ext. D 0.3m), no outer bank visible.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. These burial monuments are significant for understanding prehistoric funerary practices and social organization in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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