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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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In pasture, on a low undulation. Ground rises to N, and dips immediately to S to a flat expanse of wettish land cut by a drain/stream. A football pitch lies immediately to E. A well, named ‘Bunadober well’ is located 100m to W. A circular area, not noticeably raised, defined by a sod-covered rise/bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.25m). The bank is very low profile, almost levelled on the E arc. The diameter (mid bank) is c. 8.7m. It is possible that there is a fosse on the inner edge of the bank, but it is difficult to be certain of this as a ring (Wth 2m) of field clearance stones has been piled on the bank and around the inner edge of the interior area. If there is an inner fosse, the central enclosed area may have had a diameter of c. 4m. Difficult to be certain of the original form and function of this monument, but it be the remnants of a ringbarrow. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with burial practices of the period; its location near Bunadoher well may indicate ritual or symbolic significance.

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