What is recorded here
Within an industrial quarry in an area of karstic terrain with rough scrub and grassland. Marked on the 1945-6 revision of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly subcircular enclosure or field (c. 26m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW). It has been destroyed as a result of quarrying.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 22 February 2018
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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