What is recorded here
In pasture, on the SE-facing slope of a rise in undulating terrain. This enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on 1922 edition as a sub-circular or polygonal walled enclosure (diam. c. 30m), with an arc of hachuring immediately outside the wall on the E side. The enclosure was levelled during land reclamation; no visible surface trace. A standing stone (MA040-014) is located 140m to N.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 May 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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