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Cliff-edge fort in Buninna

Cliff-edge fort
Cliff-edge fort in Buninna
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Situated on a small promontory above the S shore of a broad tidal inlet at the NW end of Ballysadare Bay. D-shaped raised sloping area (dims. 29.5m NW-SE; 17.3m NE-SW) defined from NNW-N-SSE by the shoreline (H 2m - 3m) and elsewhere by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 2.6m - 4.1m; int. H 0.3m - 1m). No fosse. There are gaps between the terminals of the bank and the shore-line. Original entrance not recognisable. Within the internal area at SE is a poorly defined linear depression (Wth 1m; D 0.2m) aligned NE-SW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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