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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In improved pasture, on a gentle SSE-facing slope due S of a large pond and due SW of a rectangular shelter belt. Identified during field survey by Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly (28 November 2008). A circular area (dims. 4.5m N-S; 4.7m E-W) defined by a very shallow fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.1m), which is shared with an adjoining ditch barrow (TS066- 176002-) to the NNE. The interior is generally flat, tilting downslope slightly to SSE with the prevalent slope. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 9 September 2014
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its presence indicates a tradition of burial and ceremonial landscape use in the region during the Bronze Age.

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