More information : (Area centred: SO 32639309) Mound (1) A large mound at SO 32669310 is more likely to be a Motte than a Tumulus. (2) A whale-backed mound approxiamtely 50.0m long, 40.0m wide and 5.0m high, at SO 32649309. It is almost certainly a natural feature. (3)
The mound described by the previous authorities was seen as earthworks and mapped from aerial photographs during the Marches Uplands Mapping Project. It appears to be enclosed on its southern and western sides by a ditch and bank and may therefore not be entirely of natural origin. (4) |