Enclosure in Brickfield

In pasture, on slight SSE-facing slope of broad E-W running ridge, with good views from SE-SW. An enclosure (LI055-007002-) lies 100m to the SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank. Surveyed in 1999 and described as a slightly raised circular-shaped area (dims. 20m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.5m) from NW-W-NE, at SE and SW, reduced to a scarp (ext. H 0.3m) with external fosse (Wth at base 3.6m; ext. D 0.8m) from SW-W-N-NE. Breaks in bank at W (Wth 4m) and NE (Wth 2m). Monument visible as circular-shaped area enclosed by a tree-lined bank on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI, ASIAP (305)19 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 November 2021