What is recorded here
Magic and memory are entangled here. The fort is a ring of earth and stone in low pasture, large enough to hold a household but smooth enough to erase its entrance. It is the kind of place where human life and fairy story become one claim: a room built by people, completed by wonder.
In level, low-lying pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. 27.6m) was enclosed by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse, both of which have since been levelled. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.25-2.1m). The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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