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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonlahard East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No human fort, no warning, no victim, no lost child, no stolen bread, no missing farm animal, no human wound, and no claimed innocent woman.
In undulating pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m), with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.35m) SW->SE. Inner bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.2m) and outer bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) have corresponding break (Wth c. 4m) and causeway over fosse at SSW. Interior, which slopes down gradually towards centre, is covered in tall grass and rushes. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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