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Embanked enclosure in Coollena

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1837 (MA 74) and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and remembered locally as a fort which was removed in the 1950s. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, it is not now visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO008-011

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