East Fenton

This small fort is situated on the tip of a low spur projecting S from the general slope in the field immediately E of East Fenton. Known only from cropmarks, the exact plan of its defences is uncertain, but no fewer than four ditches can be traced round the N, uphill flank, forming a belt some 40m deep. Elsewhere around the S half of the circuit the lines of the ditches are unclear, partly on account of natural features dominating the cropmarkings and partly because of what is probably an area of quarrying on the SW. Nevertheless, the innermost ditch, which is some 4m in breadth, probably forms a complete circuit some 45m in diameter (0.15ha), though allowing for the presence of an internal rampart it would have been little more than 37m in diameter, an area of no more than 0.1ha. There are possible entrance causeways on the ESE and W, and while the outer ditches are not visible at the latter, on the ESE there appears to be a corresponding gap in the second ditch. No clear traces of structures can be seen within the interior.

Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC3901