That decision, whether practical or respectful, means a prehistoric funerary monument has survived by becoming part of something else entirely. A ring barrow is a burial mound of the Bronze Age or Iron Age tradition, typically defined by a circular raised centre, a surrounding ditch, and an outer bank, and this one follows that form with modest but legible dimensions.

The circular area measures roughly four metres north to south and five metres east to west. It is defined by a fosse, that is, a ditch cut into the ground, which runs from the east-southeast around through west to the northeast, and is most clearly expressed on the northeastern arc, where it reaches nearly two metres wide and a quarter of a metre deep. An outer bank, running from the southeast around through west to north, completes the classic ring barrow arrangement, though both bank and ditch are relatively low-lying. The interior is grass covered and carries a gentle slope facing west. What makes the site particularly interesting is its relationship to the enclosure it now partly forms: incorporated into the eastern bank rather than standing free, it occupies a kind of double identity, prehistoric monument and medieval or early modern field boundary at once.