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Fairy fort / ringfort in Mooretown (nethercross By.)

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R067) undertaken in advance of proposed development identified an enclosure feature. Confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 08E0303) the monument consists of the remains of a circular enclosure ditch (30m diam.) with a number of internal features such as pits, postholes and an L-shaped ditch. The ringfort enclosure ditch (2.3m wide) has a narrow entry (0.5m wide) facing NNE towards the Oldtown ecclesiastical complex (DU011-144001-). Evidence for a palisade in the form of a series of postholes is recorded along internal edge of the ditch (Frazer 2008, 59). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015

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