That uncertainty is, in its own quiet way, the whole story.

During a field survey in 1989, a deposit of archaeological wood was noted in the peatland here, recorded through a personal communication from B. Raftery. Peatlands have long been recognised as remarkable preservers of organic material; the cold, acidic, oxygen-poor conditions of a bog can keep timber, leather, and even human remains intact for thousands of years. But a deposit of wood, however old it might appear, does not automatically constitute an archaeological monument. In this case, the evidence gathered was judged insufficient to confirm that what lay in the peat was the remnant of any deliberate human structure. It could be a platform, a trackway, a collapsed dwelling, or simply a tree that fell into a marsh long before anyone was keeping records. Nobody knows, and the record stops there.