What is recorded here
On the N-facing slope of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. Described as a ring-barrow in 1958 (SMR file), it is not now visible between the two banks of road (RO028-06201-). Mound barrow (RO028-062004-) is 10m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with a broader funerary landscape on the Carnfree ridge. Its location suggests a ceremonial or burial function within a prehistoric settlement or ritual context.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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