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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shrough

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In improved pasture, on a N-facing slope. Circular area (dims 17m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by bank (Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.5m), best preserved ESE-S, and an external fosse (overall Wth 5.5m; basal Wth 2.6m; D 0.75m) SSE-WSW. Bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) is lower WNW-E & SW and is reduced to scarp (Wth 3.2m; H 0.65m) S-SW and W. Possible entrance (Wth 2.5m) at E, with gap (Wth 1.5m) at NNW probably due to erosion by livestock and a gap (Wth 1m) is at WSW. Fosse has been truncated on the exterior SSE-SSW by a drain and trackway (long-axis ENE-WSW). Interior is generally level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1976).

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