What is recorded here

Thirty-nine metres across, the earthen ringfort stands immediately south of the Duckstown farmyard, its scarped edge rising three metres above pasture. A modern causeway cuts the western fosse for machinery, and silage bales occupy the southern interior, transforming ancient defence into working farm space. The counterscarp bank has become a field boundary, while vegetation masks the eastern scarp. Human hands shaped this circle for protection or residence, but daily use has rewritten its purpose, leaving the fortress buried beneath hay, traffic and ordinary life.

In pasture, on break in N-facing hill slope; immediately S of farmyard. Circular area (38.5m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 3.1m; Wth 6m) with external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.1m), and counterscarp earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.75m) NE->NW. Scarp, best preserved to NE, masked by vegetation overgrowth NE->SE. Counterscarp bank incorporated into field boundary system SE->SSW. Recently built hay shed at base of scarp to NNW. Recently constructed causeway (Wth 3m) across fosse at WSW allows farm machinery access to interior. Break in bank (Wth 4m) at SE. Flat interior is under pasture except for S end which is used as storage area for silage bales. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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