Archaeology Notes

Event ID 687106

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO40NE 2 4992 0846.

NO 495 087. An oval enclosure, measuring internally 220ft from NW to SE by 150ft from NE to SW, has been formed by the construction of a bank round the base of a low knoll that lies in an undulating pasture field 700 yds SW of Lingo. The bank, built of earth derived from an internal quarry-ditch, has been reduced by cultivation to a height of not more than 1ft, and is spread to a width of from 10 to 16ft, while the ditch is only a few inches deep. A gap in the bank, on the SSE arc, presumably represents the site of the original entrance, although it has no doubt been widened by later ploughing. The interior only rises to a height of some 4ft above the surrounding ground and contains no trace of structures. The work has no defensive qualities and is probably nothing more than a stock-enclosure.

RCAHMS undated TS and plan, visited 22 April 1952.

This enclosure is at NO 4992 0846 and has been virtually obliterated by cultivation. The site was under potatoes at the time of the visit, rendering interpretation impossible, but it is doubtful if anything could be made of the site when the ground is cleared.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 22 August 1968