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Ancient opencuts on the Darren Lode cut the western earthworks of this Late Bronze Age/ Iron Age hillfort.
Although these workings clearly post-date the siting of the fort, the vein here would have been clearly exposed within the outer ditch, and there good
is reason to suppose that some excavation of the lead-silver mineralisation took place early on in its history.
The earthworks of the fort and their relationship to the mining trench were examined in July 2005.
The location of the fort and opencuts are stunning.
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