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Embanked enclosure in Oldcourt

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Located in the flat-bottomed valley of the Oldcourt Stream, which runs E-W c. 100m to the N, with a small S-N stream c. 85m to the E. This is a raised circular area in mixed woodland (diam. 26m) defined by a slight bank (Wth 5.5-6.5m; int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H 1.2-2m) and traces of an external fosse that is most prominent at N (Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.3m). There is a ramp entrance (Wth 1m) at S.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX034-029

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Pictures: seegraswiese, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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