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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In level pasture. visible as slight surface trace of raised (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.2m) circular area (dims. c. 8m N-S; c. 8m E-W; H c. 0.35m) defined by scarp (Wth c. 0.2m; H c. 0.2m). Very slight fosse (Wth c. 2-3m in places; D c. 0.2m). Identified on an aerial photograph (GSI R.512/511, 16.4.1974). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 3000–2500 BCE; a type of burial monument associated with early farming communities in Britain and Ireland. Its slight fosse and raised central area suggest a ceremonial or funerary function, typical of the period’s landscape monuments.

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