To the left are the remains of a Romano-British settlement, with upstanding stones which are the ends of walls forming the boundaries of terraced areas, and the front end of the terraces are also supported by a row of blocks laid on end. There are five terraces down the valley side, built to support rows of timber buildings in the village about 2000 years ago, and there is a Roman fort called Navio near Hope, five miles away. Excavations of one of the terraces revealed Romano-British pottery manufactured in potteries near Derby, set up after the Roman invasion; a small hand corn grinding stone (quern-stone) was also found, showing that crops were cultivated in the fields next to the village, in the pastures to the right between the terraces and the chapel. Further up the path to the left is an upstanding stone, forming the end of a terrace which runs away to the left, underneath the field wall and into the woodland beyond.
The site is made up of several small platforms and terraces cut into a stony surface, probably a combination of house stances and yards.
There is a boundary to the north which contains a small circular platform with stone edgings and a small cairn to the south-east. At the southern margin of the system, where it borders a left turn in the track lies a mill-stone, and excavations revealed the pottery and querns.
Walk downhill 120m towards the visible wall remains of the chapel.
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