What is recorded here

No name has survived for the circular earthwork on the Mayo rise, but it still stands about twenty metres wide beneath hawthorn, blackthorn and gorse. Two forgotten field fences cut across it now, one clipping the east side and another crossing the middle, as if ordinary farm life had moved through something older without asking permission. The place keeps its shape on a small rise with a good eastern view, waiting to be seen rather than named.

In pasture, located on a rise in an area of sharply undulating terrain. Views are good, especially to E, but not extensive. Not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; shown on the 1922 edition as a circular hachured area (diam. c. 20m), overlain by two intersecting field boundaries. This enclosure is covered in dense overgrowth of hawthorn, blackthorn and gorse, and is difficult to examine. It appears to consist of a slightly raised circular area (diam. 15-20m) defined by a scarp (Wth slope c. 3m; ext. H 1.3m at W). A remnant of a NW−SE field fence, removed elsewhere in the field, clips the E side. Another ruined field fence extends on a roughly NE−SW axis through the centre of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.