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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Callow

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In rough pasture, atop hill, in area of outcropping limestone. Oval area (40m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank NNE->NW, but bank truncated by dry-stone field wall NW->NNE. Bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m), best preserved along S arc, lowers along W side becoming scarp-like in places. Entrance (Wth 3.2m) at SE. Interior, covered with scrub vegetation and trees, has uneven surface particularly in NW quadrant. Low field wall (H 0.25m; Wth 0.6m) skirts around external base of bank NE->SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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