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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a rise on the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34.4m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.9m) NE-E-SE and by a scarp (H 2m) NW-NE. The perimeter is a straight E-W earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m; L 14m) at S, and the monument has been quarried at W. The fosse is represented by a band of reeds (Wth 1.6-2.2m) NW-E-SE, and the entrance (Wth 3.5m) and causeway (Wth 2m) are at E. Rath (RO022-024----) is c. 200m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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