Now this is a really impressive site. The walls, which are constructed of very large limestone blocks, still stand to 4.5m in places. It measures around 40m in diameter, but is actually slighty oval. Within the 6m thick walls, upon the enclosure floor, you can just about see traces of where building once stood.
However, for me the best feature is without these walls. Spreading to a depth of around 20m is a field of sharp upright stones, a 'chevaux-de-frise', which was to give protection against cavalry. It would also have severely hampered the approach of foot soldiers too - I had to be very careful when crossing this area and I wasn't having arrows and stones slung at me!
Also at the edge of these stones, which are around 60cm high, is a large monolith some 1.7m tall. This really does look like an older standing stone or perhaps part of a tomb. The latter is more likely when the large block at its foot is also considered.
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