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Embanked enclosure in Moanvane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a high, level landscape. Described as having a wide fosse with an entrance (Wth 3m) at E (Gannon 1972). This is a subcircular raised, grass and scrub-covered area (dims 38.3m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an overgrown scarp (H 1.2-1.6m), with slight traces of a bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.1m) at E and an outer drain (Wth 1m; D 0.2m) at S. The original entrance is not recognized.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO032-020

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Photo credits
  • GAA (publisher); individual photographer not identified in image caption, www.gaa.ie
  • James Killeen / Mayo Football Talk, www.mft.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • ClintMalpaso, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • David Cunniffe / Tuam Herald, Source publisher
  • Picture: en.wikipedia.org
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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