What is recorded here
Situated on relatively low ground with limited views. There is a knoll immediately to the NE and a second one c. 100m to the E. A circular grass-covered platform (diam. 17.3m N-S; 16.8m E-W) is surrounded by a clearly visible U-shaped fosse (Wth of top c. 9m; Wth at base 3m; max. D c. 1m) except E-SSW where there is evidence for quarrying.
Compiled by: Claire Breen & Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 26 February 2019
A circular ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its grass-covered platform and surrounding ditch suggest a funerary or ceremonial function typical of burial monuments from this period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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