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Embanked enclosure in Cloonsreane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a circular feature with some trees (diam. c. 45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.8m; H 1.1m) at N (C 12m) and a slight scarp (H 0.2-0.3m) elsewhere.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-154

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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