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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Moone

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Shown on the 1835 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure and on 1908 edition as a sub-rectangular enclosure (max diam. c. 25m). Situated on a natural oval glacial hillock. Described in 1955 as a platform defined by a low bank and shallow fosse, with a slight berm and external fosse (overall diam. c. 50m) (Danaher 1955, no. 338). No visible surface trace. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

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