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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Duckstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, at N edge of break in N-facing hill slope. Circular area (40m N-S; 39.5m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 3.5m). Inner bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.6m), heavily masked by overgrowth along W side, best preserved SE->NW. Outer bank (ext. H 1.4m), eroded NW->N where internal height becomes very low, has external stone facing at NNE. Fosse, marshy along SE arc, is best preserved along W side. Entrance at E with breaks in inner (Wth 3m) and outer (Wth 3.4m) banks. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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