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Enclosure in Craggs

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Enclosure in Craggs
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In undulating pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly rectangular area (31m N-S) enclosed by collapsed dry-stone wall (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.4m; Wth. 8m), but truncated on N side by E-W field boundary. Centre of interior and W side of enclosure covered by dense overgrowth. of bush. Only apparent point of access gap in field boundary to N (Wth. 2m). Interior surface lower than that of surrounding terrain (D c. 0.2m). Immediately outside rounded SE corner is rectangular structure (7m N-S; 10.2m E-W) defined by collapsed dry-stone wall (H c. 0.6m; Wth. c. 3m); E side almost entirely removed; low wall (H 0.4m; Wth. 0.8m) divides interior on N-S axis. Collapsed wall (L 3.6m; Wth. 0.8m; H c. 0.3m) links both enclosures. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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