What is recorded here
At the E end of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge, c. 90m SE of bowl barrow (RO028-070----). Circular flat-topped mound (diam. of top 4m; diam. of base 8m; H 0.1-0.3m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4m; ext. D 0.1-0.3m; max. ext. diam. 13m). Ditch barrow (RO028-072001-) is c. 80m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction reflects early mound-building traditions associated with funerary or ceremonial practices in the British Isles.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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