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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

Located c. 100m N of the Mahore river, in pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a fosse, visible on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 18 November 2018), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There are a number of barrows in the general area, including a cluster of four ditch barrows (TS057-041----; TS057-042----; TS057-043----; TS057-044----) c. 290m to the NW. Another ditch barrow (TS065-082----) is located c. 33m to the SE. See attached: TS065-081----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 18 November 2018) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 January 2022
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its earthwork features and location suggest a funerary or ceremonial function, typical of burial monuments in lowland Britain and Ireland during the second millennium BCE.

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