What is recorded here
Killian holds a broken stone ring on the highest point of its hillock, marking the area as a fairy fort rather than an ordinary field boundary. The stones lie spread across a wide band, tall at the south end and almost hidden at the west, as if the circle had been dragged apart by weather or forgetfulness. A church site waits thirty metres away, suggesting people once lived between the sacred and the strange.
Situated on the highest point of a hillock. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 20m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 4.5-6.5m; int. H 0.25m at WSW to 1.2m at S; ext. H 0.6m generally to 1.5m at S), but no facing stones are visible. There are modern entrances at W (Wth 3m) and NNE (Wth 6m). The ecclesiastical site (CL026-003001-) is c. 30m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 November 2016
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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