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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

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.

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Recorded monument

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