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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated c. 10m E of a field boundary on a low rise in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Indicated on the 1927 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m). Now evident as a sub circular area (17m N-S; 16.5m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 0.9m; H 0.1m). There is evidence of an external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.1M) at NE. The interior is uneven and slopes gently down to NE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 4 July 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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