Embanked enclosure

On the crest of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.9m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6.5-7m; int. H 1.3-1.8m; ext. H 3-3.5m) and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.4-10.2m; Wth of base 4-5m; D 0.5m at N to 1.5m at S), surrounded by outer field banks or walls NE-S-NW. There is no visible entrance, but the bank is replaced by a drystone wall and the fosse reduced (Wth of top 5m; D 0.9m) NE-S (max. ext. diam. 57.6m N-S; 55.7m E-W). There is a local tradition of a Man-made underground passage (RO013-013002-) inside the perimeter at NE which was open in the 1920s (Gannon 1972). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010