Archaeology Notes

Event ID 718267

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT55SW 9 5327 5272.

(NT 5327 5272) Earthwork (NR)

OS 25" map (1965)

A triangular promontory enclosure, first noted by the RCAHMS (K Steer), bounded on the NW and S by the forks of a stream, junction of which forms its western apex, and on the E by a bank with external ditch, in which an entrance is centrally placed. The stream courses are deeply cut and their steep banks afford good protection. The interior platform is coarse pasture and shows no evidence of habitation.

Visited by OS (CJP) 4 October 1956

The enclosed area measures some 110.0m by 70.0m with a bank 9.0 wide and an external ditch 1.0m deep. The entrance is 3.0m wide. This is not a defensively strong site, being overlooked from N, S and E, but the strength of the bank suggests it to be a settlement rather than a simple enclosure.

Visited by OS (SFS) 21 August 1975