What is recorded here
In improved pasture, on a plateau of a N-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 4m N-S; 4m E-W) defined by distinctive fosse (Wth 2.45m; D 0.18m) with traces of possible outer bank (Wth 4.05m; int. H 0.18m; ext. H 0.05m) best preserved NW-NNE and E-WSW. Interior is slightly dome shaped sloping down gently all around to fosse. Perimeter of interior is c. 0.08m below exterior ground level, but crown in centre of dome shaped interior is same height as exterior ground level. visible on aerial photograph (ref. OS 2437/6) as a roughly circular enclosure.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by a circular fosse and possible outer bank. Such monuments are significant as they often mark burial sites and reflect early communal land use and ritual practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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