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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Walshsbog

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Roughly circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by low curvilinear bank (Wth 11.1m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7m) E-SSW which has been levelled to a scarp (Wth 4m; H 0.4m) SSW-WNW. Linear scarp (Wth 5.4m; H 1.15m) defines straight NW and NE sides. Entrance (int. Wth 3.5m; ext. Wth 4.0m) at N. External fosse (Wth 9m; D 0.2m) is E-S-NW and level terrace (Wth 2.5m) exists NW-NNE; fosse in-filled NNE-E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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