What is recorded here
No human fort, no warning, no victim, no lost child, no stolen bread, no missing farm animal, no human wound, and no claimed innocent woman.
In undulating pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m), with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.35m) SW->SE. Inner bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.2m) and outer bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) have corresponding break (Wth c. 4m) and causeway over fosse at SSW. Interior, which slopes down gradually towards centre, is covered in tall grass and rushes.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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