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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mornin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In wet, low-lying pasture. A raised oval platform (c. 41m N-S; c. 32m E-W) enclosed from N-E-S by a low bank of earth and stone (H 0.3m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1.4m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a wide, deep, external fosse, which is identifiable only at E (Wth 2.5m; D 0.3m). From E-SE-S the bank has been incorporated into a field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. Immediately to the E of the rath is a raised area (c. 48m N-S; c. 29m E-W), lunate in plan, defined by a scarp (H 1m) with an external fosse (Wth c. 2m; D 0.8m). Both have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary from ESE-SE-S. Its original entrance is not identifiable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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