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Embanked enclosure in Monacahee

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Located on a plateau. This is a subcircular scrub-covered area (dims 46m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.4m at S) with a flat- bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5m at N to 9m at S; Wth of base 1.5m at W to 5m at S). There is an outer bank (Wth 3-4m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m), with a slight berm (max. Wth 4m) between it and the inner fosse S-W-N (max. ext. dims 63m N-S; 63m E-W). The outer bank is incorporated into a road bank NW-E-SE. There is no identifiable entrance or outer fosse. The church (WX039-047002-) is in the interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX039-047001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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