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Ring-ditch in Mooretown (nethercross By.)

Ring-ditch
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Identified on geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R067) undertaken in advance of proposed development and confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 08E0303), this monument consists of a ring ditch that was over lain by a fulacht fia (DU011-146001-). Characterised by a V-shaped ditch the ring ditch (12m diam.) is overlain by burnt mound material and truncated by a narrow ditch and associated with several postholes and an irregularly shaped pit (Frazer 2008, 49). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015

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