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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Hurcle

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a hillock in the valley of a meandering NE-SW section of the Mattock River which is c. 100m to the SE at the closest point. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 20m) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2m) with an entrance (Wth c. 4m) at ESE is visible only on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. Enclosure (ME013-066002-) is c. 2m to the SE. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2020

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