| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/1346 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Bronze Age Ring Ditch |
| Description | Positive cropmark of c. 10 m. diameter ring ditch. Probably a round barrow but possibility of some other function (e.g. hut circle) must be allowed. Lies c. 30 m. south east of another 13 m. diameter ring ditch, both being of a diameter common in nearly all the cropmark ring ditches in West Yorks except those at Ferrybridge. Neither shows any discernible relationship with a cropmark lane 100 m. to the east.
In March 2003, WYAS excavated the three barrows. Although no central burials survived within the areas bounded by the barrow ring ditches, Barrows 1 (SE 3767 3276) and 2 (SE 3765 3281) each contained features which may represent the ploughed out and/or re cut remains of grave cuts. A single sherd of possible beaker pottery was recovered from a shallow pit in Barrow 2, indicating that the feature may have once contained an Early Bronze Age Beaker burial. The ring ditches of barrow 1 and 2 appeared to have been re cut, and other later features included the severely truncated remains of an early medieval inhumation which had been inserted into the upper fill of the ring ditch of Barrow 1. |
| Date | 20th century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |