What is recorded here
In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses and which is adjacent to W of a linear land drain running N-S. Within a large complex of ring-barrows, where ring-barrows (LI023-283/-282----) lie 3m to N and 7m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a large circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 26110: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 26110.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 11 September 2020
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a large barrow cemetery. Its significance lies in its association with a complex of related burial monuments, reflecting early communal burial practices.
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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