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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Wyanstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope with a small NW-SE stream c. 100m to the NE. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 55m NNE-SSW; c. 35-40m WNW-ESSE) defined by a complete and substantial ditch feature (Wth c. 3-5m) is visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995). There is a smaller ditch visible outside it S-W-NNW, which would have been on the outer side of a field bank, and in the interior a smaller D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE)is visible defined by a lighter fosse feature, but the straight side at NW is formed by the cropmark of a drain which was associated with a field bank that is marked on the 25-inch map (1907). There is no visible entrance gap in the fosse. The enclosure was first identified by Ivor Kenny. See the attached view from Map Genie (1995) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014

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