Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Carrownagashel

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What is recorded here

On a low rise towards the bottom of a N-facing slope in an area of rock-outcrop. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.5m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.8m at E to 5.5m at W; int. H 0.05m at E to 0.3m at W; ext. H. 0.2-0.45m). There is no visible entrance, but externally there is a berm (Wth 2-3m) defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.6m) E-SSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-143

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