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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

At the crest of a W-facing slope. Described as a subcircular area (dims 36m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse, with an entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway at SW (Gannon 1972). It is now visible as faint traces of a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 40.5m N-S; 31.5m E-W) defined by faint traces of a fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 0.1-0.2m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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