What is recorded here
On top of high reclaimed pasture in upland area with good extensive views. Nearby ring-barrow (TS049-031----) and burials (TS049-030----) 124m and 260m to the W respectively. Natural hillock which has been scarped to form a low elongated mound (diam. 25m N-S; 35m E-W-; H 1m) with no enclosing bank or fosse visible. Stone flags visible protruding from top of mound may be remains of cist graves.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Early Bronze Age. Its location within a broader burial landscape suggests it was part of a ceremonial or funerary complex used for communal or elite interment.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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