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Embanked enclosure in Killukin

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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On a flat, low-lying landscape. Oval grass-covered area (dims 30m E-W; 24.3m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.35m at W to 7m at N; int. H 0.2m generally to 1m at N; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.2m at W) with outer facing stones intermittently visible. There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO011-044001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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