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Enclosure in Churchtown

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Enclosure in Churchtown
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In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Roughky D-shaped area (12m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.4m; Wth 3.7m) which is more pronounced at S (H 0.9m; Wth 5.5m) and straightens along W side. External fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 8.4m) evident NW-NE, ESE-SE and S-WSW, but crossed by shallow dry gulley SE-S. Possible causeway across scarp at NW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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