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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a low NW-SE ridge with lower ground to the N. Oval grass-covered area (dims 34m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) which is best preserved (at S: Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.4m) S-W, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2-3.5m; D 0.2m) NW-NE. A berm (Wth 3.5m) separates the bank from field banks to the S and W. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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