What is recorded here
On the NW-facing slope of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Described as a low circular flat-topped mound defined by a fosse and an outer bank (Gannon 1972), it is no longer visible in improved pasture. Ring-barrow (RO035-037----) is c. 150m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE, representing an early form of burial monument significant for understanding prehistoric funerary practices in the region.
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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