What is recorded here
On a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.2m NW-SE; 50.3m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.7-7.6m; int. H 0.8m at NW to 1.5m at SE; ext. H 2.2m at NW to 3.4m at NE), and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.3-9.2m; Wth of base 2.5-3.5m; D 0.7-1m) NNE-S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance. The interior is bisected by a relict NW-SE field bank, from which a field bank extends off to the SW, and there are three clearance cairns in the interior (max. ext. dims 68m NE-SW; 63m NW-SE).
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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