What is recorded here
In level wet pasture on the NW side of a field system (TS057-016014-) and with a ringfort (TS057-016001-) 16m to the E and ring-barrow (TS057-016006-) 24m to the SW with other ring-barrows nearby. Circular area (diam. 4m) enclosed by a low earthen scarp (Wth 0.4m; H 0.1-0.15m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.4) and traces of an external earthen bank (int. H 0.1; overall Wth 0.6). Interior is level and clear of overgrowth. A WNW-ESE orientated channel (dims. Wth at base 1.4m; overall Wth 2.2m; D 0.2m) of the nearby field system (TS 057-01616) abuts the external edge of the bank at SSW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic ring-barrow; part of a clustered burial tradition, likely associated with early farming communities. Its proximity to other ring-barrows and a ringfort suggests a significant ritual or settlement landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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