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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On top of a low NE-SW drumlin ridge, towards the NE end. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 34.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-3.7m; int. H 0.4m at E to 1.15m at N; ext. H 0.95m at E to 1.5m at N), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.8-2.2m; D 0.15-0.4m) NE-S-NNW. The entrance (Wth 3.5m) at E is blocked by a drystone wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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