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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a hillock in an undulating landscape. Grass-covered, naturally raised subcircular area (dims 42.3m N-S; 38.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 12.3-15m; Wth of base 2.9-3.5m; int. D 3-4m; ext. D 2-3m) and an overgrown outer bank (Wth 7.6-10m; H 0.1-0.6m). There is an entrance on the platform (Wth 3.6m) and a causeway (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 8.3m; H 1.5m) at ESE, but the entrance through the outer bank is obscured by debris (max. ext. dims 73m N-S; 71m E-W). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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