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Embanked enclosure — Carroward (ballintober South By., Kilbride North Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Carroward (ballintober South By., Kilbride North Ed)
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On a gentle E-facing slope at the E end of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.5m N-S; 29.4 E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.1-4.7m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.4-0.9m) and an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.2-6.4m; Wth of base 2.2-2.6m; D 0.25m). The entrance (Wth 2.2m) and causeway (Wth 4m) are at ENE. A hollow (dims 8.5m NNE-SSW; 2m WNW-ESE; D 0.5m) inside the perimeter at N may be a collapsed souterrain (RO028-211002-). Enclosure (RO028-238----) is c. 100m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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