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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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On a knoll on a S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26.3m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.7-2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) ESE-W-NE. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter has been quarried NE-ESE and the spoil left in the interior, together with field boulders on the perimeter. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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