What is recorded here
On the low NE slope of a NE-SW ridge in pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 34m) defined by a scarp visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on Google Earth (imagery date10 February 2021) reported to the National Monuments Service by Jean-Charles Caillère. This is the most NE of a line of six ringforts along the ridge. A ring-barrow (CL041-041----) lies c. 153m to the SW.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL041-197----_01.jpg Google Earth image 10 February 2021
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 January 2022
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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