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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonerk

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.2m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m). There is no visible fosse, and there are entrances at NW (5.8m) and SW (Wth 2m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO036-043

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Irishrover1980, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Arno-nl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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