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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In wet pasture, on a W-facing slope. Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. A low profile, circular area (dims. 4.5m NNE-SSW; 4m ESE-WNW) defined by a fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.05-0.1m) and outer bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.05m) which is traceable from W-NW and NE-SE. There is a deep pocket of erosion at the N possibly caused by livestock. The fosse and outer bank have been truncated by a land drain (long axis WNW-ESE) across the SW sector. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 October 2013
A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare form of early funerary monument in the region, often associated with elite burials and ritual practices.

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