This site is allegedly a Neolithic Long cairn or Barrow. It is easily accessable just off the A6 about two miles South of Clifton. The site is around a 100 metres long and ranges from around 12 to 25 metres wide. At its highest point, I would say it is nearly 4 metres high at its highest point. The barrow runs parallel with the road to Newtown on a West East axis.
Documentation on the net states that it was first ‘noticed’ in around 1933, and investigated in 1938, when it was identified as a burial cairn. There seems to be some argument that this is little more than a spoil heap, perhaps from the building of the A6 or the M6.
It’s strange to note that a map of 1863 makes no mention of the barrow.
It’s quite an impressive site, easily visible in the surrounding landscape....and certainly not alone....there are numerous other sites within easy reach.