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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on almost level poorly drained land, stream 30m to NW, bog 100m to E now planted with trees, Kilmore House 65m to SSE. A circular-shaped area (diam. 34m E-W) enclosed by a wide low earthen bank and wide shallow external fosse which has been filled in at E. No definite entrance feature identified. The wet rushy interior is fairly even and is featureless. There are several gaps in the enclosing bank. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 November 2016

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