What is recorded here
At the bottom of a SW-facing slope and at the E edge of a broad, flat-bottomed NW-SE valley. Circular grass and scrub-covered mound (diam. of top 5m NE-SW; diam. of base 12.2m NE-SW; H 1.25-1.45m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.2-8.7m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.4-0.6m) from an outer bank (at SW: Wth 5.2m; ext. H 0.45m) which has been truncated by a NE-SW field wall W-NNE (ext. diam. 23.5m NE-SW).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Embanked enclosure, likely dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Its significance lies in its rare preservation and potential as a ceremonial or defensive structure in a landscape with limited recorded archaeological features.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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