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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a slight E-W rise on a W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39.5m N-S; 37.8m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.55-0.65m; ext. H 1-1.65m) with some bushes, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) NE-E. There is no visible fosse, although slight traces were once evident at S and W (Gannon 1972). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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