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Embanked enclosure in Monakirka

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on top of a low hill. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 27m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank, with some internal stone-facing (at W: Wth 3.7m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.2m) and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (at W: Wth of base 2.6m; D 1.3m). An external field bank (at W: Wth 3.2m; ext. H 1m) might incorporate part of the original outer bank. The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA024-052

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Alexander Redfern, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, visionsofthepastblog.com
  • John M, Wikimedia Commons
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