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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 22m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by slight traces of an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 8.2-8.4m; Wth of base 2-3.9m; D 0.5-1.6m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.5-6.9m; ext. H 1.1-1.8m), with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.6m; ext. D 0.5m) NNE-ENE. There is no identifiable original entrance (max. ext. dim. 49.2m NE-SW). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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