What is recorded here
Towards the W end of a low E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 43.5m E-W; 38.5m N-S) defined by a gapped and overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.75-3.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.3m) NW-E-SW and by a scarp (H 1.5m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.5-4m; D 0.1-0.5m) S-W-ESE which is circumscribed by a road S-SW and by a farm track SW-N. The entrance (Wth 3m) is at E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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