Quote Originally Posted by Sir William View Post

As for the ring - and this is only a thought - I was watching a travel program on Ireland last week and they showed a farmer taking down a portion of the stone wall to allow his sheep to get through and then he quickly built up the wall again. There was no actual gate in the wall. Perhaps, if the ring was used a stock enclosure, this is what was done.
That could be possible and there are sheep visible close to it. I found a reference to a Covenanter being buried in the hollow but found a picture of his monument so clearly it's nothing to do with him.