Barrow

On a slight natural N-S hillock, a little below the crest of a hillside on gently sloping very wet grassland, on the W slopes of small N-S river valley. There is a stream running immediately outside the SE quadrant and another stream c. 40m to the N-NW, both indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. There are fair views to N-E-S, but limited by rising ground to W. A flat, waterlogged oval platform (dims. 30m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by scarp (H 0.9-1.5m) and external berm (Wth c. 7m E and W side; 10-15m N and S side) of lower oval mound (H c. 0.5-1m above external ground level), possibly a modified natural hillock. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 March 2020

Stepped barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction reflects ritual burial practices associated with the emergence of social stratification and metalworking in the British Isles.