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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mornane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Clear fields and living memory show why the fort still matters. The chamber is a room where human life may have turned, not a dead shape on a map. The chamber is a room where human life may have turned, not a dead shape on a map.
In pasture, on break in gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 34.2m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (Wth 0.4m; D 0.2m) SSE->SW and WNW->E. Bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.25m) is completely masked by overgrowth N->SE. Break (Wth 2m) in bank at W. Interior, covered with trees but clear of overgrowth, slopes down slightly to W. Field boundaries, which abutted enclosure at E and SW, have been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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