Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dysart Glebe

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What is recorded here

On a terrace between the upper and lower slopes of the valley side, overlooking the confluence of the Dinin and Deen rivers, in rolling pasture. There are good views across and along both the Dinin river valley, but the Deen river valley is obscured by higher land. A roughly circular platform (max. diam. c. 30m) with a low, wide bank (Wth 3m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m). The S edge has been truncated by a field bank. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at E and another (Wth 2m) at the NW, both have been cattle trampled. There is a pond c. 20m E of the monument.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK010-019

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
Maker not stated on source page, allthatsinteresting.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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