Embanked enclosure in Vesnoy, fairy fort (RO023-171002-)

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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 38.1m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.4-6.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1-1.9m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) NW-NNE where it shares its fosse with rath (RO023-171001-), lying immediately to the NW. Elsewhere the fosse (at SW: Wth of top 3.8-6.2m; Wth of base 2-3.3m; D 0.6m) is only visible S-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 2.8m) at SE. Archaeological testing (98E0453) immediately to the E failed to produce any related material (Walsh 2000b).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-171002

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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
Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie

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