What is recorded here
On W-facing slope, in reclaimed pasture. Ring-barrow (LI024-126001-) conjoined to WNW. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped conjoined earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127(02): AP 4/3721). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 10m) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 23 July 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow, c. 2500–2000 BCE, likely used as a burial monument. Its conjoined form and identification through aerial photography highlight the value of landscape archaeology in uncovering prehistoric funerary practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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