Flanking ditches north and south of the barrow, from which material for the mound was originally taken, have been filled in over the years.

Towards the eastern end are the remains of a chamber: a capstone, about 12 by 6 feet (3.7 by 1.8 m), leaning against two upright stones (all of limestone), which formed the false entrance portal to the mound.

He made a trench along the barrow, and found near the eastern end at ground level the skeleton of a young man in a crouched position.

[1][2][3] George Julius Poulett Scrope excavated the site in 1854 to 1855, and a report was written by John Thurnam.

Four burial chambers were found, three of which contained a total of twenty-six skeletons of adults and children of both sexes.