What is recorded here
In level tillage. Circular area (diam. 24m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.0m; Wth at top 0.6m; total Wth 5.85m) WSW-ESE and reduced to scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.65m) ESE-WSW. Fosse (basal Wth 2.5m; overall Wth 7.75m; D 0.4m) is best preserved SW-NE and is otherwise shallow (basal Wth 1.25m; overall Wth 4.5m; D 0.15m) and truncated by tillage around edges NE-SW. Interior is generally level and covered in overgrowth.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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