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Mound in Hughstown

Mound

What is recorded here

Small tumulus (diam. 9m; downslope H. 2m; upslope H. c. 0.5m) situated on the line of the inner rampart at the W of the hillfort (KD038-025001-), at the highest point of the hill. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
A Bronze Age funerary mound; likely associated with the hillfort, indicating ritual or elite burial practices in a defensive landscape.

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