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Embanked enclosure — Roxborough

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26.8m NW-SE; 22.5m NE-SW) defined by a curving bank (Wth 3-4.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.15-0.3m) W-N and E-S, and by straight scarps N-E (H 0.15m) and S-W (H 0.45m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO039-020----) is c. 150m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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