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Embanked enclosure in Castlemiles

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated towards the top of the S-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims. 45m E-W; 37.5m N-S) that slopes down severely to the S (H c. 2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.1m at S to 1.4m at N (upslope); ext. H 0.4m at N to 1m at S), which is reduced to a scarp SSE-WNW. There is an entrance (Wth 2.2m) at ENE, but there is no visible fosse. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA037-022

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