The site is a scheduled monument,[1] and it is one of several archaeological features on Martin Down, such as Bokerley Dyke.

They have mostly been found on downland of central southern England, usually situated on hillsides.

[4] He excavated all of the bank and ditch, and about half of the interior; the present earthwork is his reconstruction.

It was concluded that the site is middle Bronze Age, with later Romano-British occupation.

Finds from the excavation included worked flint, animal bone and pottery of the Bronze Age and Romano-British period.