Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In improved, level pasture. A trapezoidal area (dims. 56m NW-SE; 44m NE-SW) defined by scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.35m) to SW and NE end of NW side and by a bank (overall Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.4m) to SE, with the remains of a shallow fosse (basal Wth 0.75m; overall Wth 5m; D 0.25m) to SW, NE end of NW side and a well-defined fosse (basal Wth 2.5m; overall Wth 6.45m; D 1.15m) to SE. The fosse opens to form a pond at the N corner. The fosse at SE extends beyond the monument to SW and NE and may have been for drainage purposes as the area was poorly drained prior to the plantation of forestry to N and NW. The interior is level and raised above the exterior ground level (H 0.1m, except at SE H 0.4m). The remains of a levelled, linear bank (L c. 50m) running c. E-W traverses that interior, off-centre to S and extends beyond the enclosure to W. The monument is incorporated into the field as pasture. There is no visible surface trace of the buildings immediately to the NW depicted on the 2nd (1906) ed. OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011