More information : ('A'-ST80810856; 'B'-ST80820852) Within the largest
enclosure on Ringmoor are two tumuli. (Plotted from plan. 'B' is
published as a mound on OS 6" 1902). (1)
'A' and 'B' are two grass covered mounds situated in the
vicinity of an Iron Age/Romano-British settlement, and on an
east-facing slope, some 50ft below a ridge.
'A' - An elongated, almost triangular mound, approximatley NE-SW
on the long axis. It measures 9.0m x 5.0m., with a height of
0.4m. There is a slight trace of a ditch.
'B' Roughly circular in plan, with a diameter of 5.5m. The
mound is 0.1m high on the NW and 0.4m. high on the SE. It has a
small hollow in the centre.
It would seem hazardous to describe these mounds as barrows, for
while they could possibly be mutilated bowl barrows, they could
be field clearance mounds or in some other way associated with
the settlement, and without excavation the classification is
uncertain. (2)
Shown on RCHM plan (opposite p 291) in association with the
settlement on Ringmoor, but not described in text. (3)
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