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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Longridge

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Located on a fairly level landscape with a slight slope down to the W. The cropmark of a portion of a ditch feature creating a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 30m WNW-ESE; c. 15m NNE-SSW) is visible on the N side of a field bank on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AYK 15; ASIAP (8) 22, 23). Rath (WX047-008----) is c. 120m to the ENE. Archaeological testing (04E0497) c. 50m to the NE at the nearest point failed to produce any related material (McLoughlin 2004) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 16 October, 2013 Amended: 27 November 2020

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