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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cormaclew

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a rise, in pasture, with good views from NW-N-NE and restricted to S. Bivallate ringfort described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 34m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is best preserved from W-NW and the intervening fosse is visible from S-W-N-E, being disturbed from E-S. The outer bank is best preserved from SW-W and is disturbed from E-S. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope and a house site (WM023-035001-) is visible in the W quadrant. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019

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