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Embanked enclosure — Gortanure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular scrub-covered area (int. dims 32m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a flat-topped but overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.3-4m; int. H 0.8-1.3m; ext. H 1.15-2.8m) with internal facing stones separated by a fosse (Wth of base 2.1-3m; D 0.4-0.9m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 1.2-2m; H 0.4-1m). The entrance (Wth 2.2m) and causeway (Wth 3m) are at ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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