It is, in fact, a ring barrow, a type of prehistoric funerary monument in which a central burial mound is enclosed by a surrounding ditch and outer bank. What makes this one worth a second look is precisely how little it asserts itself. The whole structure rises only a few centimetres above the surrounding land, yet its form is coherent enough to have been mapped and recognised for nearly two centuries.

The monument is subcircular in plan, measuring 20.5 metres east to west and 17.5 metres north to south. Around the central mound, which is 11.5 metres in diameter and flat-topped, runs a shallow flat-based fosse, essentially a ditch, roughly two to two and a half metres wide. Beyond that sits a round-topped outer bank of similar width, its height barely reaching 30 centimetres on the exterior. These are modest dimensions by any measure, and the whole structure is now overgrown, which softens its edges further. Surveyors working with the Ordnance Survey recorded it on both the 1842 and 1920 editions of the six-inch map, the distinctive hachure markings indicating a raised or earthwork feature, which at least confirms it was legible in the landscape across those decades. The monument sits on a very low rise in pasture, with slightly higher ground to the north-west, so the siting, while subtle, was not entirely without intention.