Fairy fort or ringfort in Bracklon, County Longford

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What is recorded here

On a low rise with good views in all directions. Discovered in 2013 during the course of a review of LIDAR data where it is visible as a raised area (diam. c. 45m) with an external fosse (pers. comm. Dr Steve Davis, UCD). The raised subcircular area (diam. 44m E-W; 40m N-S) is defined by a low scarp (H 0.2m) with the remains of a waterlogged external fosse (Wth 4m; ext. D 1m), now re-used as a field boundary, from SW-W-N. No other features are visible. Possibly a levelled ringfort. A possible enclosure (LF015-092----) lies 80m to NNW and a ringfort (LF015-047----) 160m to the NW. The attached LIDAR image is uploaded courtesy of Dr Steve Davis.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF015-093

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
SE Keenan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Charles T. G. Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Granard Motte.png : Smcq Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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