Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonmagunnaun

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What is recorded here

On the crest of a low E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43.6m N-S; 43m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth 2.4m; int. 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m; at N: Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) S-W-N, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 4.4m at S to 7.6m at N; Wth of base 2.4-3.6m; D 0.1m at E and W to 0.4m at N and S). There is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO008-047

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