What is recorded here
Situated on a ridge in a river valley with the land falling away steeply immediately to the E. A D-shaped enclosure (26m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.4-0.6m; H 0.8m) with a straight W side. Overgrown with blackthorn. The fields adjacent have been cleared and spoil has been dumped at W and N. A ringfort (CL025-086----) is 21m to the W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 July 2016
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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