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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In level pasture, on top of low lying natural rise. Circular area (8.9m N-S; 7.4m E-W; D 0.15m) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 4.85m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m), with external fosse (basal Wth 0.9m; overall Wth 3.75m; D 0.05m) and counter-scarp bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.1m) WSW-WNW. Lazy beds (long-axis NNE-SSW) cut across the field, but respect monument. Dished interior may indicate excavation in antiquity. According to local information, an 'earthen cup' was found in one of the four barrows in this field. Ring-barrow (LI023-092001-) is c. 45m to SW and barrows (LI023-092003- and LI023-092004-) c. 50m and c. 150m to S respectively. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction with an external fosse indicates a significant ceremonial or funerary function within the local prehistoric landscape.

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