What is recorded here
On a W-facing slope. Circular overgrown platform (diam. c. 8m; H 0.6m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top c. 4m) and earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.5m). A flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top c. 5.5m) and middle bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1m) are separated by a second fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; D 0.15m) from a third outer bank (Wth 5m. int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.2-0.45m). The monument has been truncated at E and W by NW-SE roads, and the overgrown outer features only survive W-N and E-S (max. ext. diam. c. 65m NW-SE). Barrows (RO006-124002-) and (RO006-124003-) are immediately outside the perimeter to the NW and N. (Knox 1914b, 39-40)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Multivallate enclosure, likely dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Its multiple ditches and banks suggest a defensive or ceremonial function, reflecting complex social organisation in the prehistoric landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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