| Description | This earthwork enclosure lies in rough uncultivated moorland on a south east facing slope below the summit of Addingham Low Moor. It is oval in shape, c. 70 by 80 metres and formed by a bank, ditch and outer bank. Slippage on the south side of the site at some time in the past has revealed a stone core of the bank. O.S description, which does not tally fully with 1:2500 O.S. plan, indicates that ditch is c.8 m. wide and 1 m. deep.
The site is still well defined though some aspects are not well understood; these concern the construction of the enclosure itself, the presence of internal features, and its relationship with another larger enclosure to the south west (Woofa Bank, PRN 1963) and with a linear earthwork (PRN 1967) to its east (the latter earthwork has been thought to be a drain, but this needs confirmation).
An eastwards extension of the linear earthwork (PRN 1965) partly surrounding Woofa Bank, to enclose Round Dikes also is a distinct possibility. The presence of so called hut circles and hearths within the enclosure needs verification. Miscellaneous incomplete notes (source unknown; probably from M.Walker, local amateur) in SMR suggest such features, and the HBMC FMW noted a circular structure inside the NW corner of the enclosure in 1985; also that the centre of the enclosure had been purposely levelled, which might have been a prerequisite to the building of any structures. Two excavations are documented, one possibly on the inner bank on the south side where a disturbed area can be seen. Info. awaited on these excavations. A flattened circular mound (PRN 1338) within SW corner is interpreted as a barrow, but again requires verification. |