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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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On the summit of a broad, low hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 47m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 4-6.5m; Wth of top 1-1.4m; int. H 0.25-0.6m; ext. H 0.8m at W to 1.7m at E) and hedge, and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; Wth of base 1.5-2.2m; D 0.2-0.6m) NNW-E-SW. There is an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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