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Embanked enclosure

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular wooded feature (diam. c. 40m) on the 1928 ed. Situated at the summit of a broad hill, and described as a low mound and ditch that may have been a ring-barrow (Gannon 1972), it is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Embanked enclosure; date uncertain but potentially prehistoric. Its location on a hill summit suggests ritual or defensive significance, though specific cultural context remains unidentified.

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