
What is recorded here
Ring-ditch in Seatown East is a 11.2m circular ditch, 1.5m wide, with no visible entrance gap, sitting in a large arable field 412m SSW of Seatown Castle and 500m SSW of the Irish Sea coastline. It has no door, no step, no break in its line, which suggests exclusion rather than invitation. A person may have stood inside it during a ceremony, a bargain or a warning, while everyone else remained outside. The ditch still draws a boundary the field has not erased.
Located in a large arable field, c. 412m SSW of Seatown Castle (DU012-021----) and c. 500m SSW of the Irish Sea coastline. A ring-ditch is clearly visible on Google Earth imagery (4 July 2008 and 2 June 2016). It consists of a circular feature (ext. diam. c. 11.2m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.5m). There are no indications of an entrance gap across the ditch.
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
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- What survives
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