What is recorded here
On level area of improved pasture. Circular area (dims. 6m N-S; 5.4m E-W) defined by distinctive fosse (Wth 1.95m; D 0.1m) abutting conjoined ditch barrow (TS066-099001-) to WSW. Possible traces of a levelled bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.15m) best preserved WNW-N and NE-ENE and levelled elsewhere. Interior generally level and slightly lower than exterior ground level. Identified as a ring-ditch on an aerial photograph (OS 2436/7 mono).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with a conjoined ditch barrow; significant as part of a rare barrow group in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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