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Embanked enclosure in Mountfin Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight N-S spur. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30-35m) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.6m) with an external fosse (at E: Wth of top 4m; D 0.3m). The entrance (Wth 4m) is at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX014-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Sciadopitys from UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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