Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonties West

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (28.2m N-S; 28.1m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 1.7m). Field clearance material dumped on W bank. Silted-up evident fosse to NE; waterlogged. Gap (Wth 1.4m) to NNE; numerous cattle breaks in bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO120-013

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