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Enclosure in Simonstown

Enclosure
Enclosure in Simonstown
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Situated on a gentle W-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2-4m) is visible on Apple Maps (2018). There is a gap (Wth c. 8m) at NNE and a smaller enclosure (diam. c. 20m) could be attached to the fosse at W. It is also visible on OSI Aerial (c. 2018) and Digital Globe (c. 2013), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June 2021
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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