What is recorded here
Surrounded by grass. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 35m E-W) enclosed by a wide, waterlogged fosse (Wth 2-5m). The enclosure is overgrown with trees and scrub. Three field boundaries run up to the monument, one running N-S into the N sector, one running NE-SW into the NE sector and another running roughly E-W into the S sector.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 October 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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