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Embanked enclosure in Craanhill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure in Craanhill
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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1839 OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the W-facing slope of Craan Hill. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX006-029

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