What is recorded here
In improved pasture, on a N-facing slope, slightly undulating with former water channels. Identified on aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2434/5). Circular area (dims. 5.6m N-S; 4.75m E-W) defined by fosse (Wth 1.85-1.9m; D 0.1-0.15m) and possible outer bank (Wth 2.85m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.12m) N-E is best preserved at NE. Interior is grass covered and has a gentle N-facing slope.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 3 September 2014
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, representing a type of burial monument common in Britain and Ireland during the second millennium BCE. Its presence indicates prehistoric funerary activity in the area, though specific significance remains unrecorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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