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Embanked enlcosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enlcosure
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On a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 21m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 1m) NE-E and by an overgrown scarp (H 0.4-0.6m) elsewhere, with the remains of a fosse (Wth of base 4m at SW to 9m at N; D 0.3m) SW-W-NE and an outer bank (Wth c. 6.5m; H 0.5-0.8m) WNW-NE. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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