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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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What is recorded here

On top of a broad NW-SE drumlin ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 26-27m) defined by a fosse (Wth of base 2.6-3m; int. D 0.5-0.7m; ext. D 0.6-0.9m) and an outer overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-4.2m; ext. H 1m). There is an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.7m; D 0.4-0.5m). There is no visible entrance, but there is a local tradition of a Man-made underground passage (RO011-129002-) in the interior. The site is bisected by an ENE-WSW field bank and drain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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