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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a knoll on the W-facing slope of a slight NW-SE valley. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 31m E-W; 27.2m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.9-1.4m) with no visible fosse, which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge S-W-N. A drain has been dug inside the bank W-N, but there is no evidence of an original entrance. Just N of the centre is a subcircular hut-site (RO032-017003-) (int. dims 4.5m E-W; 3.4m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stoney bank (Wth 1.7-2.8m; H 0.1-0.5m) with an entrance (Wth 1.5m) at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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