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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clone

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a marked NW-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 32m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3-6m; max. H 1.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.2-0.6m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.8m) at the W, but no indication of internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI039-019

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What survives
Recorded monument

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Hello, I am Bruce on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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