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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Creelevea

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a shelf of the W side of Glenade valley overlooking Glenade Lough, the NW corner of which is c. 350m to the E. Grass and reed-covered circular area (int. dims 29m NW-SE; 29.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 2.54m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; at SW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth 3.5-4.5m; D 0.1-0.4m) visible SW-N. The entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at NNW and the monument is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and drain. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
On a shelf of the W side of Glenade valley overlooking Glenade Lough, the NW corner of which is c. 350m to the E. Grass and reed-covered circular area (int. dims 29m NW-SE; 29.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 2.54m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; at SW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth 3.5-4.5m; D 0.1-0.4m) visible SW-N. The entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at NNW and the monument is…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE004-029

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willie Duffin, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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