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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clooncoose (RO007-039----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Official monument number
RO007-039----
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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the SSW-facing slope of a small drumlin. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 32m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-1m) E-S-W. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and it is truncated at N by an E-W roadway.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO007-039

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • St Michael’s GAA Club blog; photographer not named, stmichaelsgaa.blogspot.com
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