What is recorded here
In pasture on the summit of a ridge running NE-SW within a large field that contains ringfort (LI022-047----), enclosures (LI022-046/-188----) and A field system (LI022-228----). Surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a roughly rectangular shaped upright stone (H 1.25m) with its long axis orientated NW-SE. Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 11 August 2020
Probably dates to the Bronze Age or Early Christian period, given its location within a complex landscape of ringforts and enclosures. Its exact meaning or use is unclear, but it may have had a ceremonial, territorial, or commemorative function.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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