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Enclosure in Burtonstown

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Enclosure in Burtonstown
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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Located on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 15-17m N-S) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) W-N-E is visible only on Apple Maps (2018). The enclosure springs from an E-W ditch (Wth c. 2m) curving slightly to the N although there is no evidence of this feature S of the E-W road that is just to the S. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June 2021
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