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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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Marked as a subrectangular or D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 35m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise of a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36.3m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank incorporated into a field bank and hedge (Wth 1.4-1.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1-1.3m) SSW-N-E, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.25-0.4m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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