What is recorded here
Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a small, circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 12m). Described in 1955 as a low circular mound (diam. 16.5m) with a fosse and outer bank, and damaged at the NE (SMR file). Possibly a ringbarrow. At the foot of a gentle N-facing pasture slope. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 13 February 2013
A circular earthwork, likely a Neolithic or early Bronze Age ring barrow or enclosure. Its presence on early maps and earthwork features suggest it was a significant ritual or funerary site, though its exact type and wider significance remain unclear.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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