What is recorded here
On a low but prominent hillock in pasture. A low, dome-shaped mound of earth and stone (diam. at base 11.8m; H 0.3m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.3m; H 1.35m) with an internal fosse (Wth 2.9m; D 0.15m). A break in the bank at ESE (Wth 3.6m) with an accompanying causeway marks the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, representing a type of funerary monument associated with single inhumations. Its construction reflects early communal burial practices and landscape significance in prehistoric Britain.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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