What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Round barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). These burial mounds are significant as they represent some of the earliest forms of ceremonial and funerary monuments in the British Isles.
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