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thesweetcheat wrote: Sanctuary wrote: The problem is TSC that most don't appear to have been heavily mounded or ditched and consequently just animal movements have flattened a great many over the years making it now difficult to distinquish between the two, plus the plough on occasions as well I suppose. 4,000 years is a long time for a not so prominent feature to be laid to waste! Yep, that seems pretty likely doesn't it? There's plenty of bowl barrows that are being spread and flattened to little more than soil-marks, so a delicate little earthen bank isn't going to stand much chance! Actually, on the subject of ring ditches, presumably when you dig your ditch the upcast becomes the circular bank. So, do ring ditches have the bank on the inside (like a henge) or on the outside (like a stock enclosure)? Or does it vary? I've only ever seen the bank to the exterior myself and to refer back to Grinsell again his drawings only show the same but that's not to say there are not variations. That in a way helps explain why so many could have been scrubbed out my animals as they don't have to negotiate a ditch first. A good example would be the Lodge Park Long Barrow thread itself which kicked off with the photo of the animal worn section in modern times showing just how quickly the damage can be done. Reply | with quote | Posted by Sanctuary 25th August 2012ce 08:41 In reply to: Re: Lodge Park Long Barrow (thesweetcheat) |
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