Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloongownagh

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What is recorded here

On a low-lying, level landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 24m) which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth. 2.4m at N to 3.2m at W; int. H 0.3m at E to 0.6m at W; ext. H 1.2-1.6m). There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance, but a drain surrounds the perimeter. The excavated rath (RO011-160001-) is c. 240m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO011-008

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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