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Embanked enclosure in Heathpark (WX030-055----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure in Heathpark
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WX030-055----
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Situated on a broad NE-SW ridge. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a complete earthen bank (at E: Wth 6.5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.4m), with traces of an external fosse (at E: Wth of base 4-5m; D 0.2m) N SE. The entrance may have been at the SE where the perimeter appears to be lower.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX030-055

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