What is recorded here
Located on a rise on a NE-facing slope. A hachured subrectangular feature (dims c. 20m NE-SW: c. 10m NW-SE) is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is now within a large abandoned quarry and no archaeological feature is visible.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload : 14 October 2019
A Neolithic passage tomb; likely dates to the Early to Middle Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its early cartographic representation and potential as a rare surviving prehistoric monument in a heavily altered landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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