Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

Located in a relatively level location (c. 82m OD) in a gently undulating landscape now characterised by tillage and pastoral farming. Sited towards the N boundary of a field currently in use for tillage purposes (Google Earth July 2023); this field has evidence of a number of cropmark features on this imagery (Google Earth August 2022 - see below). Landscape slopes very gently downwards to the NE towards a stream\former millrace associated with a water mill(s) (LA009-022----), located c. 285m to the NE, and slopes very gently upwards to the W\WNW towards a low hillock on which is sited the remains of Morret Castle (LA009-021001-), located c. 370m to the W\WNW, with Morret Church (LA009-021004-) located adjacent (c. 150m) to the S of castle site. This possible enclosure is faintly visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (August 2022) imagery of the area. It consists of a truncated subcircular feature (est. ext. dims c. 53.15m N-S x 44.8m E-W) that is defined by a ditch (est. Wth c. 2-3m) of which just over half of the N arc is visible in the above imagery. The S arc of the possible enclosure is truncated by a linear feature (possibly a former field boundary) that runs c. 250 across the field from E to W in a low sweeping arc; the S arc of this possible enclosure is not visible below this linear feature on the available imagery. No definitive evidence for an entrance gap. There is another possible enclosure(s) (LA009-066----) located c. 75m to the S\SSW within the same modern field on the Google Earth (August 2022) imagery.

Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère

Uploaded on: 16/07/2023

See attached:
LA009-065----_01 Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (August 2022)