What is recorded here
Colp East holds a forgotten ringfort at the tip of a low spur, its shallow ditch and hidden bank waiting beneath the soil. Anthony Murphy first saw the ghost shape in satellite imagery, proving the land still remembers what human feet have forgotten. The fairies may have built it, or humans may have built it for fairies, but the boundary remains clear enough for satellites to read.
Located at the tip of a low W-E spur. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 38m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 3m) is visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/00/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 1 September 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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