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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In recently sown arable crop. Circular area (dims. 4m N-S; 4.2m E-W) defined by shallow internal fosse 1 (Wth 2.9m; D 0.35m) and low, outer earthen bank 1 (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m; Wth 6m). Fosse 2 (Wth 5.5m; D 1.6m) is concentric around exterior of bank 1. Outer bank 2 (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.55m; Wth 5.75m) breached (Wth 4.0m) at N and again (Wth 5.5m) at SW. Outer bank top is truncated S-SSW-SW, possibly due to ploughing activities. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 3000–2500 BCE. This type of monument typically marks a burial and reflects early ceremonial landscape use in Britain.

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