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Embanked enclosure — Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Rockingham Demesne (boyle By., Rockingham.ed)
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Towards the bottom of the NW-facing slope of a low hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 32.5m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-6.6m; int. H 0.2m generally to 1.35m at E; ext. H 0.8m at S to 1.45m at E) NE-S-SW, and at NW, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m at W to 1.75m at N) elsewhere. There is an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.7m at W to 6.5m at E; D 0.05-0.7m) NE-S-W, but there is no visible entrance. Rath (RO006-099----) is c. 70m to the NE, rath (RO006-097----) is c. 120m to the NW, and cashel (RO006-101----) is c. 50m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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