What is recorded here
On the summit of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 53.5m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m; at E: Wth 6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) N-E and SW-W which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m at NW to 1m at S) E-S and W-N, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.3m at N to 4.5m at W; D 0.55-0.6m) W-NE. There is no visible entrance, and the perimeter is circumscribed by field banks ESE-S-NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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