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Double-bank enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marked as a double-banked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a feature on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP T38/39). Situated at the bottom of a N and W-facing slope. This is a slightly raised, circular, grass-covered area (diam. 35m N-S) defined by a low bank (Wth 6-7m; H 0.5m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6m; D 0.3m), which is not visible NE–SE. There is an entrance (Wth 4.5m) at NE. It is also visible on Bing images (2011). Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 27 January 2012
Marked as a double-banked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a feature on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP T38/39). Situated at the bottom of a N and W-facing slope. This is a slightly raised, circular, grass-covered area (diam. 35m N-S) defined by a low bank (Wth 6-7m; H 0.5m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6m; D 0.3m), which is not visible NE–SE. There is an…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX002-009

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • surrealpenguin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au

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