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Embanked enclosure in Doughloon (RO023-124----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Official monument number
RO023-124----
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On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39.5m E-W; 36.8m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-4.2m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 3.3-6m; Wth of base 2.4-3.5m; D 0.4-0.9m), which has been expanded into a pond SE-W. There is a modernised entrance (Wth 7m) at WSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-124

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.ru
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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