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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a level low-lying landscape with an ENE-WSW stream or drain c. 10m to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.4m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.2-3.6m; int. H 0.6m at E to 1.1m at SE; ext. H 1.4m) separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 8-10m; Wth of base 5-8m), which is recut as a drain SSW-N, from an outer bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.8m) WSW-N-SSW. There is no visible entrance. Mound (RO010-051----) is c. 150m to the NNW and enclosure (RO010-053----) is c. 60m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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