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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dually,rathclogh North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dually, Rathclogh North is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dually, Rathclogh North, County Tipperary, Ireland. The circular area measures 24 metres north-south and 23 metres east-west. A surviving bank stands 1.1 metres high externally and 4.2 metres wide from northwest to east-southeast, while a lower scarp continues across the southwest and southeast. Thorn thicket still covers much of the monument, leaving only the western interior and southern arc open to view.
In generally level pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by remains of bank (int. H 0.16m; ext. H 1.1m; Wth 4.2m) NW-ESE which is reduced to scarp (Wth 2.4m; H0.85m) SW-NW and ESE-SE. Scarp (Wth 1.9m; H 0.18m) is levelled SE-SW. Monument obscured by thorn trees thickets except W-half of interior and S-arc. Townland boundary (long-axis N-S) is c. 2m to W and short portion of field boundary (long-axis WNW-ESE) is c. 2.8m to N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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