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Embanked enclosure in Vesnoy, fairy fort (RO023-171001-)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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RO023-171001-
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On a gentle S-facing slope. Oval rush-covered area (dims 42m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) defined by a low overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m) NE-S-W which is incorporated into a field and road bank (Wth 2.3-4.6m; int. H 0.7-0.9m; ext. H 0.9-1.9m) elsewhere, and a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.7m) NE-S-SW which has been extended into a pond at E. There is a modern entrance at NW, but the original entrance (Wth 3.5m) and causeway (Wth 5m) are at SE and lead directly into rath (RO023-171002-). Archaeological testing (01E0564) c. 50m to the NW failed to produce any related material (Read 2003e). Rath (RO023-212----) is c. 120m to the WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-171001

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Photo credits
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
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