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Embanked enclosure in Caheruane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated towards the W end of an E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 38m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.7-6m; int. H 0.8-1.3m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) with traces of internal stone-facing. The entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at SE, but there is no visible fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA016-049

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