It is easy to walk past without a second thought, yet its rounded, regular form is not a natural feature of the landscape. Something deliberate made this shape, and no one is entirely certain what.

The mound is what archaeologists classify broadly as an earthwork, a catch-all term for human-made or human-modified landforms that do not fit neatly into more specific categories such as a ringfort, a burial mound, or a field boundary. What makes this particular example quietly interesting is its company. Some forty metres to the north-east lies another earthwork of similar character, the two sitting in proximity in a way that suggests either a shared purpose or a shared period of construction. Whether they served a ceremonial function, marked a boundary, covered burials, or represent the remnants of an enclosure long since eroded, the record does not say. A drain runs immediately to the south of the mound, though whether this is a later agricultural feature or something older is not recorded. The mound itself is described as being in fair condition, grassed over, its rounded top intact.