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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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On the SW-facing slope of a low E-W ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.8m at SE to 5m at SW; int. H 0.2m generally to 0.7m at NE; ext. H 0.5m generally to 1.15m at SW), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-5m; D 0.3m at SW to 0.55m at NE) S-W-NE. Rath (RO007-025002-) is attached to the SE and enclosure (RO007-026----) is c. 70m to the E, while the unclassified megalithic tomb (RO007-024----) is c. 140m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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