What is recorded here
Indicated as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a circular depression with trees in the interior on the revision. Subsequently levelled, the monument is visible as a well-defined cropmark on an aerial photographs (CUCAP AVL081, 15 July 1968; AYK074, 9 July 1969; BGH004 and 005, 16 July 1971). The circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) is defined by a wide deep inner fosse and broad outer bank which is further enclosed by a slot trench (Gibbons 1990, 7). There is a possible single entrance in the E.
See attached:
KK024-024----_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH004, 16 July 1971)
KK024-024----_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK074, 9 July 1969)
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 2 February 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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