
What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 32m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a wide continuous negative feature indicative of a fosse or moat (Wth c. 3-6m) is visible on Google Earth (18/07/2021). It is within the cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 60m NW-SE; c. 55m NE-SW) defined by fosses or ditches (Wth c. 2-6m). It is also visible on OSI images (2000, 2005), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (18/07/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 January 2022
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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