More information : (SO 17758540) Tumulus (NR) (1)
A tumulus. (2)
Accepted by some writers as a castle, but it is not. (Hogg and
King give no alternative classification). (3)
Tumulus, Rhos-goch.(4)
Vague circular crop mark. (5)
A possible round barrow stands on a gentle south-east facing
slope at 400.0m above OD., below the top of a ridge. There
are good views down the valley to the south east.
According to the farmer (a) it has often been ploughed and this
may explain why it cannot now be readily identified as a
barrow. It is no longer the syummetrical mound shown on the
old 1/2500, and it's present measurements are approximately 24.0m
from north-west to south-east, by 21.0m transversely. On the
lower side it has a height of 1.1m and it runs into the hillside
on the upper side. It is at present covered with course grass.
Published survey 1/2500 revised on antiquity model. (6)
The barrow described by the previous authorities was seen as earthworks and mapped during the Marches Uplands Mapping Project. No further information was added.
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