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Embanked enclosure in Kilminnin Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank best preserved at WNW (Wth 5.1m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.4m) and incorporated into a field bank E-S-W. The original entrance is not identified and there is no visible fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA024-048

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