What is recorded here
On the S-facing slope of a low E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 33.7m N-S; 28.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 9m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) and outer fosse (at W: Wth of top 6.3m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.3-0.5m) SW-NW, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-0.8m) elsewhere. The entrance (Wth 3m) is at SE, and there is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at NW. Pitfield (RO022-143----) is c. 180m to the NE.
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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