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Embanked enclosure in Monea

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Situated in pasture towards the W end of the crest of the S-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims. 27m E-W; 24.5m N-S) defined by an eroded earth and stone bank (Wth 2-4.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.5m at W to 1m at SE), but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 1.4m) downslope SE-SW. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is at SE, but there is no visible fosse.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA038-037

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Photo credits
  • St Declan's Ardmore GAA official website; individual aerial photographer not stated, www.ardmoregaa.ie
  • Paul Leonard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Slamforeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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