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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Commons (shanid By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope, and immediately N of road. Circular area (31m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2.2m). Inner bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 3.3m) evident all round, highest internally (H 1.05m) at SW. Outer bank (int. H 1.65m; ext. H 1.7m) survives SW->SE. Entrance (Wth c. 5m), with causeway across fosse, at SE; cattle gap (Wth c. 2m) through both banks at NW. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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