What is recorded here
Excavated by Doody (1987, 10-21) between April and May 1982. Sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. 11m N-S; 4.8m E-W) defined by a steep-sided fosse (top Wth 1.1m; base Wth 0.65m; D 0.45m)(Doody 1987, 13). The fosse was filled with sandy silt with charcoal flecks throughout (ibid.). This enclosure was superimposed on a ditch barrow (TS077-046004-) and timber structure (TS077-046010-)(ibid.). A saddle quern was found in the fosse fill (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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