What is recorded here
On steep NNE-facing slope, on the demesne lands of Derk House which stands 360m to SSW. A circular tower or folly (LI024-075----) stands 100m to SSW. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped tree-planted enclosure. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (diam. 12m) enclosed by intermittent traces of a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.17m) from ESE-S-W reduced to a scarp (H 1.35m) visible from W-N-E-ESE with traces of a possible fosse at SW. The interior has a steep NNE-facing slope and there is a large conglomerate boulder (H 3m) in the N quadrant. The interior and bank are planted with Beech trees. Probable tree-ring of Derk House demesne. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.
See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 19 July 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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