What is recorded here
On a S-facing slope in upland terrain, in reclaimed rough pasture. A circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 6m; overall diam. c. 14m), which appears to be defined by a fosse and outer bank, visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth satellite imagery, 20 January 2020), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is an enclosure (TS051-044----) c. 300m to the S.
See attached:
TS051-055----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 18 November 2018)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 January 2022
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare example of early funerary and ritual earthwork construction in upland landscapes.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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