What is recorded here
Situated on a steep W-facing slope. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 45m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by a fosse is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The fosse can only be seen clearly WSW-N-SE and may have been quarried out elsewhere. It was first reported by Simon Dowling.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 February 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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