Moorestown Fort, hachured

In pasture with enclosure (LI048-064----) 300m to the SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, truncated at SW and SE by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW, intersected at NE by a field boundary running NW-SE. Annotated ‘Moorestown fort’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is shown as a sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 27m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp from SE-W-N-E-SE with external fosse from NW-N-E-SE, transected at S and W by post-1700 field boundaries. 'Cave' in SE quadrant represents the remains of a Man-made underground passage (LI048-082----). Westropp (1916/17, 23) noted the presence of a Man-made underground passage inside Moorestown fort. Monument clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and the Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 August 2021