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Embanked enclosure

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

On a NE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 21m E-W; 20.5m N-S; H 0.25m at S to 0.4-0.6m generally) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7.5-9m; Wth of base 5m; D 0.9-1.25m) from an outer bank (Wth 3.8-4.3m; H 0.4-0.45m). The fosse and outer bank are truncated by a N-S road bank and ditch at E (max. ext. diam. c. 40m N-S). (Knox 1914, 351-2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Embanked enclosure; date uncertain but likely Bronze Age. Its design suggests a ritual or territorial monument, though specific significance is not recorded.

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Recorded monument

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