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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonmahaan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Located on the S-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 57.5m E-W; 52.3m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.5-7m; int. H 0.7-1.2m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.7m at W) W-N-SE which is reduced to a scarp (H 2m) elsewhere, with a fosse (Wth of top 5.4-7m; Wth of base 1-1.7m; D 1.1-1.4m) WNW-NE. The probable entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at W, and the monument is bisected by a N-S field wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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