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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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On a low-lying landscape between drumlins. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 32m) defined by an overgrown and gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.3m) with internal facing stones N-S-W, and a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; D 0.1-0.2m) NW-N. There is no recognizable entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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