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Hachured - Indicated — Grange Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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In N corner of field that is delimited by a roadway from W through N to E. Enclosure possible (LI006-037----) 160m to W. Monument depicted on 1840 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with farmyard road to NW and public road to E. Depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 31m; ext. diam. 50m) defined by a bank and outer ditch with a causewayed entrance (approx. Wth 5m) at S. Monument visible on Digital Globe imagery taken 2011-13 as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank covered with vegetation except at SW where it has been levelled to facilitate entrance to the interior which is utilised as a field. The farm laneway to NW and the public road to E have disturbed the outer ditch. Outline of monument is visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 8 June 2020
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