What is recorded here
Surrounded by pasture, the monument itself is heavily overgrown with trees and scrub. It is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as an irregularly shaped area and the 1948 revision as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Another enclosure (KK027-028----) is located c. 45m to the S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 March 2023
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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