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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Towards the top of the N-facing slope of a broad N-S drumlin. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 25m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.6m; at S: Wth 6.7m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.2m) E-S-W and a scarp (H 1.3m generally to 2m at NE) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.9m; D 0.2-0.3m) SW-WNW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.2m) and causeway (Wth 1.4m) at SW, and the perimeter is circumscribed by a field bank and drain ESE-SSW and by a field bank NE-ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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