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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloghaunnatinny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No amount of thinking can force that which will not come. The chamber must remain empty until the occupant is known. You can walk past the chamber, skip it, leave it dark. But you cannot pretend the chamber does not exist or invent an occupant to fill it.
On a slight rise in an undulating landscape. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 31m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 8m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) NNW-ESE which is incorporated into an overgrown field bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 April 2020

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