Tidal state |
Low |
Site located? |
Yes |
Proximity to coast edge |
Intertidal |
Coastally eroding? |
active sea erosion |
Description |
A sub circular concentration of stone, containing several orthostats, protrudes from beneath the peat, close to a beach. It covers an area measuring about 8m by 5m. The walls, although not clearly discernible, are estimated to be about 1.5m thick. The stones measure, on average, 0.5m by 0.75m. In the interior, pairs of orthostats appear to mark the ends of piers which divide the area into four or more cells. A quantity of stone to the seaward side of the building suggests that there may be a 'porch' or forecourt in this area. The structure is likely to be a prehistoric house. The remains of one or more field boundaries appear to adjoin the structure. Some 50m to the north the remains of an enclosure are defined by occasional earth fast stones. Measuring 60m by 30m, this semicircular enclosure backs on to the coast edge.
21/05/2015:
Part of adjoining enclosure probably being submerged.
ShoreUPDATE 23/02/2018
As described. Seaward side of structure / enclosure submerged, defined by lines of stones on beach and low remains of walls visible in low section at coast edge, which continue inland towards main structure. |
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