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Embanked enclosure in Esker

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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What is recorded here

In a low-lying landscape. Subcircular, slightly domed grass-covered area (int. dims 29m WNW-ESE; 26m NNE-SSW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.25-0.6m; ext H 0.55-1.05m) with some bushes which has evidence of internal and external facing-stones (original Wth 1.3-1.7m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but there are field stones on the perimeter ENE-ESE. Rath (RO051-107----) is c. 220m to the SSE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO051-039

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • infomatique, flickr
  • Mountbellew Golf Club; photographer not stated, Mountbellew Golf Club
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Photographer not named by Glenamaddy GAA club blog, glenamaddygaaclub.blogspot.com
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