Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunny More Upper

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight N-S ridge in a low-lying landscape between drumlins. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. 30.2m NNE-SSW) defined by a round-bottomed fosse (at N: Wth of top 6.1m; int. D 1m; ext. D 1.1m), which is recut as a field drain SE-W-NW. The original entrance is not identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE032-040

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