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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a gentle NE-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a low earthen bank (at S: Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m; at N: Wth 8.4m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.9m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 2.4-2.6m; D 0.6-1.2m) SSE-W-NE, and by a scarp (H c. 2m) elsewhere. An undisturbed portion of the bank (Wth 2m; int. H 2m) survives at SSE. There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.5m) at NNW, but an outer bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.75m) has been removed since 1984 (SMR file). Rath (RO018-009----) is c. 170m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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