Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardleckna

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What is recorded here

On top of a drumlin. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 55.5m E-W; 50m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 4m at N to 5.8m at ENE; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) N-ENE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m at E to 1.85m at S) E-S and W-NNW, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.2m) N-NNE. The perimeter is truncated by a NW-SE field bank and hedge (L c. 20m) at SW, and there is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO017-075

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