What is recorded here
On top of a rise on a N-facing slope. Circular overgrown platform (diam. c. 39m) with the remains of a bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) S-W, defined by a fosse (Wth of top 3.8-4.3m; int. D 0.8-1.1m; ext. D 0.45-0.85m) and an outer overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m; at E: Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.3m). There is a an entrance (Wth 2.5m) through the bank at E (max. ext. diam. c. 60m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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