What is recorded here
Situated on summit of a low elongated E-W orientated hillock, in pasture, 20m to the ENE of a ditch barrow (SL015-047002-). Natural ground level slopes down gently to the N, E and S of the site. Circular slightly raised area (diam. 7m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 0.15-0.4m). At the external foot of the scarp are a fosse (Wth 2.6m) and an external bank (Wth 1.75-2.65m; int. H 0.2m). The NE one-third of the site slopes gently facing NE reflecting the underlying natural slope of the hillock.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with funerary practices of the period; its location on a prominent hillock suggests ritual or ceremonial significance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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