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Embanked enclosure in Buckill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular area used as a paddock (diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3.3-4.7m; Wth of top 2-2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m) NNE-SE which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.8m) NW-NNE, and a complete overgrown fosse (Wth of base 3-3.6m; D 0.5-0.7m). There is an outer bank (Wth of base 3.3m; Wth of top 1.3m; ext. H 0.2m) SE-SW and at N, and there are widened entrances at NE, SE and SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-044

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Photo credits
  • David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Swinford GAA; the page thanks Michael Maye, Rita Campbell and Fiona McDonagh, without assigning the panoramic image to one maker, swinfordgaa.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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