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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tomdeely North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Tomdeely North holds a thirty-six-metre earthen ring where cattle still walk the old fosse as a trackway. The bank has been quarried, dumped upon and levelled in places, yet it remains visible above low-lying pasture. Whatever lived inside may have been forgotten, but the circle still marks the edge of human memory on that small rise.
On low rise, in low-lying pasture. Circular area (diam. 36m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m), with external fosse (Wth 3.2m) W->SE; fosse is truncated along its outer edge by field boundary and is now used as trackway for farm animals. Bank has been levelled SE->W but is clearly visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGJ042). Surviving section of bank has been quarried in places and in places has spoil dumped onto it. Interior is level and under pasture, but with trees covering NW half. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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