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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On the NW-facing crest of a slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46.5m; 40.8m N-S) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.7-8.4m; Wth of base 4.3-4.8m; int. D 0.6-1m; ext. D 0.25-0.5m) NW-E-SE with slight traces of an inner bank (int. H 0.2m) E-SE, and by a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere. The perimeter has been cut back NW-NNE and S-WSW, and a pond has been excavated into the scarp and fosse SE-SSE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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