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Embanked enclosure in Aghalustia

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a gentle W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36.3m E-W; 36m N-S) with slight traces of a bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.1m) at W defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.4-6.6m; int. D 0.6-1m; ext. D 0.6-0.8m) which is separated by a berm (Wth 0.7-0.9m) from an overgrown bank (Wth 3.9-4.8m; int. H 0.7-1.3m; ext. H 1-1.3m). This is surrounded by an outer fosse or drain (Wth of base 1.2-1.5m; D 0.2-0.3m) WNW-WSW. There is a modernised entrance (Wth 2m) and causeway (Wth 3.2m) at ESE (max. ext. diam. 58.8m E-W; 58.2m N-S).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-024

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Duncan Grant, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Aiden Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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