What is recorded here
In wet pasture on W side of Cromwell Hill. One of five ring-barrows (LI033-089001/05-) concentrated in the N end of field. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 109.05; AP 5/2021) as a ring-barrow. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Faint shallow depression visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 20/09/2020.
See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial image labelled Bruff 109.05 and Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 8 April 2021
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of a small barrow group, indicating a possible burial or ritual landscape associated with early agrarian communities in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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