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5 RABBITS THREATEN ANCIENT HILL FORT j
5 Rampaging rabbits have undermined j
5 an ancient Iron Age fort that has j
5 survivjd intact for 2,500 years. j
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5 Thj fort at Harihaugh, high above j
5 Northumberland's Coquet Valley, U
5 could now collapse. j
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5 Rabbits were introduced into j
5 Britain in thj 12th century - 1,700 j
5 years after thj fort was built. j
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5 However, they've now burrowed into j
5 the fort's embankments and unless j
5 something is donj soon, the fort j
5 may only last for anothjr 30 years. j
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