Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Colvinstown Lower

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope, 250m ESE of another ringfort (WI027-052----). Circular steep-sided platform (diam. 17m; max. H 2.5m; max. ext. diam. 32m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m), indicated by a waterlogged area. No indication of an entrance or internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI027-053

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