
What is recorded here
On the floodplain of the Hind river, c. 50m from its canalised S bank. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 32.3m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4m; Wth of top 1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m) SSW-W, reduced to a low scarp SSE-SSW and W-NW, accompanied by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.8m) S-W. It is truncated by a WNW-ESE railway to the N and by a field bank at E. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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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