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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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At the W end of a low E-W spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.1-3.2m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-0.8m) WNW-N-SE and a scarp (H 0.6m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 4-6m; D 0.1-0.4m) which does not survive at N and S. There is an outer bank (Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.3m) at NW, but there is no visible entrance. Rath (RO009-017----) is c. 190m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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