
10th September 2018
10th September 2018
I guess this may have been the entrance. Beyond is the Eastern cairn.
Oh no! The cows have escaped. Again.
Note the large round cairn beyond. Beyond, again... is Eylesbarrow.
Looking toward the excellent stone row and cairn-circle (top left)... the craggy summit of Down Tor itself can be seen top right.
Down Tor’s great eastern cairn can be seen beyond.
The circular wall of the enclosure hints at what once must’ve been an impressive structure.
Showing the blocks used to construct the wall (western end).
Seen from the SW. The single orthostat “jamb” can be seen to the right of the picture.
To the northeast of the row, but not aligned with it, is Narrator Brookhead enclosure. It’s oval in plan and there are no obvious structures (such as hut circles) inside it. The outer wall is still thick, but only a single course high.
Description from Pastscape:
A sub-circular enclosure with an approximately level interior and no trace of hut circles. The internal diameter is 40-43m and the enclosure covers an area of 1400m square. The wall is constructed from large moorstone blocks though now collapsed and spread and partially turf covered. The wall is up to 5m wide by 0.6m high. A possible entrance on the east side has an orthostat post in situ 1.4m high.