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Embanked enclosure in Grallagh Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated towards the top of a gentle N-facing slope and towards the head of a SE-NW valley. It overlooks a bend in the N-S Lickey River c. 500m to the N at a point where it turns W. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 35m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an overgrown earth and stone bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1.4-2m). There is no visible fosse, or identifiable original entrance, but a modern entrance (Wth 3.1m) has been made at ENE where spoil has been added to the bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA038-006

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Photo credits
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • E. H. (E. Hayden), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • john berry, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Will McGoldrick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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