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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skehanagh (connello Lower By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No visible interior features. Some trees grow atop bank and along outer edge of fosse. In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.15m), with external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.75m) SSE->NNE. Gap (Wth 4m) in bank at E. Fosse is partially infilled with earth and stone along its N arc and generally used as a dump for
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.15m), with external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.75m) SSE->NNE. Gap (Wth 4m) in bank at E. Fosse is partially infilled with earth and stone along its N arc and generally used as a dump for rubbish. Field boundary runs along outer edge of fosse SSE->SW. Interior recently levelled and de-sodded by machine leaving surface of exposed earth. Some trees grow atop bank and along outer edge of fosse. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

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