What is recorded here
In level pasture, with drain/stream flanking S-side. Circular area (dims. c. 33m N-S; c. 34m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (Wth c. 4m; H c. 1.5m); inner fosse (Wth c. 9.25m; D c. 1.5m) in which stream enters from SE and exits at SW; inner bank (Wth c. 9.25m; int. H 1.3m; ext H c. 0.7m); outer fosse (Wth c. 5.75m; D 1.1m) and outer bank (Wth c. 6.25m; int. H c. 1.1m; ext. H c. 0.3m). Interior level with numerous badger sets within. Enclosure (TS068-078----) located c. 360m to NNE; Enclosure (TS068-096----) located c. 580m to SE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare example of early funerary earthworks in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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