
What is recorded here
At the E edge of a plateau where the ground slopes steeply down to the E. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 39m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at S to 0.9m at E), with a slight external berm (Wth 2.7-3m) WSW-NNW. There is no visible entrance, but an ice-house (RO016-157002-), consisting of a spherical brick chamber (int. diam. 2.6m) with an entrance passage (int. dims 3.3m NNE-SSW; 1.15m WNW-ESE) to the NE and the remains of its mound (diam. 15m; H 0.7-1m) occupies the NE quadrant.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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