What is recorded here
On the W-facing crest of a small NW-SE ridge on a broad plateau. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 20.7m N-S; 21.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) incorporated into a field bank with scrub E-S-W and reduced to a scarp (H 0.7m) elsewhere. Three stones from a cist (RO045-048002-) (dims 1.2m x 0.9m; H 0.5-0.7m) are exposed at the centre. Mound barrow (RO045-047----) is c. 75m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Embanked enclosure, likely dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Its significance lies in its association with ritual or territorial demarcation practices in upland landscapes.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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