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Embanked enclosure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) incorporated into the townland boundary with Doughloon SE-SW on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope of Mullaghcreigha Hill. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture, apart from a curve in the drystone wall and hedge boundary SE-SW. The perimeter is visible as a slight feature on a Lidar image (Davis 2015, 172, No. 65:7), completing the circuit SW-W-NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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Recorded monument

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