What is recorded here
On a gentle SW-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered platform with two trees (diam. 13.3m NE-SW; H 0.8m at NE to 1.3m at SW) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.6m at NE) SW-W-NE. A NE-SW field bank truncates the fosse at SE, and a NW-SE field bank truncates the fosse at SW. Barrow (RO027-050----) is c. 370m 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 rare preservation and potential role as a ceremonial or territorial boundary feature in a landscape with limited recorded prehistoric remains.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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