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Embanked enclosure in Scramoge

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle W-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 29m N-S; 28.1m E-W) with some deciduous trees defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of top 1.4-2.8m; Wth of base 4.3-6m; int. H 0.5-1.2m; ext. H 1.7-1.9m) and hedge with an overgrown rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.2-7.1m; Wth of base 2.8-3.4m; D 0.7-1.1m). There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-038002-) was attached to the SE, but a modern NNE-SSW field bank and hedge is just to the E. Settlement (RO029-144----) is c. 140m to the NNE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-038001

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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