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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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