What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture with earthwork (LI056-061----) 80m to W. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map as a small circular-shaped mound defined by a scarp with fosse at NW. Monument visible as circular cropmark (diam. c. 15m) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013. Faint trace of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 22 November 2021
A Bronze Age barrow; its survival in a reclaimed pastoral landscape highlights the region's prehistoric funerary practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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