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Embanked enclosure in Cloonshee (RO017-179----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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RO017-179----
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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the crest of the E-facing slope of a broad drumlin. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 17m N-S) defined by an arc (C 14m) of an earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) SSE-SSW and a band of parched vegetation (Wth 1-2m) NW-SSE. Rath (RO017-178----) is c. 200m to the WSW, and rath (RO017-180----) is c. 40m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-179

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  • Maker not stated on source page, irelandfamilyvacations.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
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  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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