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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonfin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No amount of thinking will fill the absent chamber. Refuse the claimant, stay with the gap, and judge whether the facts being withheld are the ones that matter.
On a prominent rise in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 31.5m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.1-5.3m; H 0.6-1.1m) with a wide, deep intervening fosse (Wth 6.9-8.6m; D 1.45-1.6m), outer bank (Wth 5.9-8.8m; H 1.8-1.95m) and outer fosse (Wth 3.5-4.6m; D 0.65-1m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 November 2011

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