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In reclaimed pasture. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a square-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a square-shaped area (dims. c. 46m NW-SE; 46m NE-SW) defined by a bank reduced to a scarp at S with external bank from SE-S-W and NW-N-NE and intervening fosse. Truncated at N and E by a drainage channel. Described by Westropp (1916/1917, 21) as a fort measuring ‘250 feet [74.2m] across’. Levelled monument visible as square-shaped cropmark (dims. c. 48m N-S by 52m E-W), intersected at NE by a linear cropmark running roughly E-W on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 8 September 2021
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