What is recorded here

Half a metre of soil and a forgotten boundary. People built a home there, lived inside the circle, and left it to rot while others kept grazing sheep across the top. The fort is not gone; it has been reduced to a shallow scar that disappears under grass, briars and rain. What remains is a measure of how little a life needs before it becomes invisible.

On a very gentle SSW-facing slope, in rough pasture, overlooking a gently undulating landscape in all directions. An oval area (32m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by the remains of a bank which has been reduced to a scarp (Wth 1.2m; H 0.2m). The scarp is very low and almost completely levelled N-NE and ESE-SE. The scarp is not readily visible S-W, due to dense briars, where it abuts a field boundary (long-axis WNW-ESE). Thorn trees grow intermittently around the top of the scarp N-ESE and at W. The faint remains of a very shallow fosse (overall Wth 5.1m; basal Wth 2.7m; D 0.05m) are traceable WNW-E. The interior slopes down very gently to SSW, where it is very poorly drained and poached by livestock. Ringforts (CL035-127001- and CL035-127002-) are c. 18m and 45m to NE, respectively. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-126----_01.jpg From SW. Cross sectional view of scarp and fosse at SE. CL035-126----_02.jpg From SE. View across interior. CL035-126----_03.jpg From N. General view of monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 April 2018

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