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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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What is recorded here

On a slight E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.9m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.3-5.4m; int. H 0.25-0.3m; ext. H 1.5-1.8m), with a rounded fosse (Wth of top 8.7m; Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.5m) and counterscarp bank (Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.35m) NNW-SE. The outer edge of the fosse has been removed by an E-W field wall at S and a N-S field wall at W. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway (Wth 3.2m) are at S, and a hollow (dims 8m E-W; 2.5m N-S; D 0.4m) inside the perimeter at W may be a Man-made underground passage (RO028-212002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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