What is recorded here
On low-lying wet pasture, shaped by flood waters and cut by land drains and watercourses. Ring-barrows (LI023-181/255----) lie 170m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 245: AP 4/3689). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 245.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 2 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a funerary monument reflecting early burial practices in the region.
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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