What is recorded here
On level area of improved pasture. Circular area (dims. 6m N-S; 5m E-W) defined by distinctive fosse (Wth 1.85m; D 0.05m) abutting conjoined ring-barrow (TS066-099003-) to ENE. Remains of levelled bank (Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.1m) best preserved WSW-NNE. Identified as a ring-ditch on an aerial photograph (OS 2436/7 mono).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its association with a conjoined ring-barrow suggests ritual or funerary significance within a broader burial landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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