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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 51m N-S) defined by a fosse which is best preserved E-S (at SSE: Wth of top 8.2m; int. D 0.4m; ext. D 0.15m), but traceable elsewhere. The interior is occupied by cattle sheds. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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