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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clonyn

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a natural rise in rushy reclaimed grassland with wide views of the surrounding countryside. A stream running roughly E-W lies 80m to N. present remains consist of a large raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 37m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and a deep intervening fosse. The outer bank is levelled from E-S. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.7m) in the inner bank, and a causeway across the fosse (Wth 2.9m) at E. There is a possible hut site (WM013-013001-), visible as a platform in the centre of the interior. See attached profile of monument surveyed by the ASI in the 1970s Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Frank Coyne Date of upload: 2 August 2017

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