Barrow

This two-tiered earthen mound is located in a field of pasture NW of a 17th century manor house (DU021-015001-) and within a ceremonial enclosure (DU021-015006-). The first stage of the earthwork is a raised, steep-sided platform (diam.42m; H 2.5m) with a wide berm around the upper edge (Wth 3.5m). The second stage is a smaller earthen mound (diam. c. 20m; H 2.5m). A circular stone wall of limestone masonry runs around the top of the upper mound (diam. 10m). Inside of this is a square turret with a plain doorway and window with chamfered brick corners. The upper stage of the earthwork had been landscaped to insert an external stone stairs on the SW side. Beranger's drawing of 1767 shows this as a two-storied turret. This 'Sham Ruin' was probably erected on the earlier mound in the 17th century as part of the landscaping of the manor (McDix 1898, 40, 19; Handcock 1899, 6; Ball 1906, 116, Stout 1998, 145-154). Compiled by Geraldine Stout

Stepped barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction within a ceremonial enclosure suggests a significant funerary and ritual landscape.