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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ecawn

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle N/NE-facing slope on the edge of a valley. A partly levelled oval enclosure (dims. 41m NW-SE; 55m SW-NE), defined by a low wide bank (Wth 4-5m; H 0.3m). There is a wide shallow fosse (Wth 4m) NW-E-SW while at W the bank is built on the edge of a steep stream valley.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI045-002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • en:User:Poccil (SVG file), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malone0, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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