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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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.

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Recorded monument

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