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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure
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On a S-facing slope above the crest of the S-facing slope of Ardmullan Hill. Circular raised grass-covered area (diam. 46.5m WNW-ESE; 43.5m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at SSW: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.35m) reduced to a scarp in places, with a fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 6.3m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.8m) N-E. There is an entrance (Wth 2.4m) at SE. A field wall is built on perimeter W-NW, and the perimeter is quarried NNW-NE. Rath (RO048-024----) is c. 190m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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