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Enclosure in Killashee (killashee Ed)

Enclosure
Enclosure in Killashee (killashee Ed)
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On a W-facing pasture slope. Described (pers. comm. M. Byrne) as a partially overgrown, sub-circular area (c. 32m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (av. H 0.4m) which is incorporated into a field boundary along its northern arc. No visible entrance or fosse. The interior is flat, slopes gently W, and the S-half contains a number of trees. Known locally as 'Piper's Hill Fort'. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 July 2012
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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