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Embanked enclosure in Lisfarrellboy (RO007-025001-)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On the SW-facing slope of a low E-W ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.8m at SE to 5m at SW; int. H 0.2m generally to 0.7m at NE; ext. H 0.5m generally to 1.15m at SW), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-5m; D 0.3m at SW to 0.55m at NE) S-W-NE. Rath (RO007-025002-) is attached to the SE and enclosure (RO007-026----) is c. 70m to the E, while the unclassified megalithic tomb (RO007-024----) is c. 140m to the NNE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO007-025001

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Official monument number
RO007-025001-
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Photo credits
  • Alan Murray-Rust, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • jbraine, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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