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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the E edge of a plateau. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (int. dims. 30.5m ENE-WSW; 24.3m NNW-SSE) which remains unplaned in a coniferous forest defined by a stone spread (Wth 4.2m at S to 6.6-9m generally; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.4-1.1m) with internal and external facing stones intermittently visible (at E: original Wth 2m). The original entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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