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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonfinglas

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 45m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank (at S: Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.4m; at N: Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.5m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and a clearance cairn overlies the perimeter at NNW. The interior is overlain by a WNW-ESE field wall towards the perimeter at S. Enclosure (RO021-002----) is c. 130m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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