Burial in Morett

New monument uncovered during excavation by Eamonn Cotter under licence number 03E0461 in advance of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme. Approx. 25m to the S of the ditch-barrow (LA008-042) four human inhumations were found. Three were in a single, shallow grave and were aligned E-W. The fourth was c. 15m to the E and was aligned NE-SW. It too was in a shallow grave, but a setting of small rounded stones had been placed around it (Bennett 2006, 293-4). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

A Neolithic ditch-barrow burial; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3500 BCE). Its proximity to other known monuments suggests it may be part of a wider ritual or funerary landscape.