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Embanked enclosure in Corgowan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

On the crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Circular grass and thistle-covered area (diam. 48m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (at W: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) SSW-NW which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-0.6m) elsewhere. There is a complete fosse (Wth of top 5.1-5.6m; Wth of base 1.9-3.1m; D 0.3m at N), and an outer bank and hedge (at S: Wth 3m; int. H 0,9m; ext. H 0.3m) SSW-NW. The inner edge of the fosse is quarried (L 11m; Wth 3m) at NE, and there is no identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-137

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  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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