What is recorded here
On low-lying, improved wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. A roadway lies 10m to W and a watercourse lies 25m to NE. A cluster of three ring-barrows (LI023-222001-/002-/003-) lie 300m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 151: AP 4/3662). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 35m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 151.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 8 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a small cluster of three barrows. These monuments are significant as rare surviving examples of early burial practices in the landscape.
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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