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Embanked enclosure in Pollymount

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a level low-lying landscape c. 200m E of the S-N Scramoge River and at the base of a steep W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 29.4m E-W; 27.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-187

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Photo credits
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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