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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Glenidan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture with good views from NW-NE. Possible mound-barrow (WM008-013---) 75m to SW. A roughly oval shaped raised area (diam. 30m NE-SW; 24.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank, and traces of a wide shallow fosse at N & SW. The interior slopes slightly from SW-NE. A field fence intersects the monument from W-NW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 April 2017

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