Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fawnlehane

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What is recorded here

In level pasture. Circular area (41.9m N-S; 42.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.95m) with an external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 1.7m). Break (Wth 3.2m) through bank at SSW was recently made. A field boundary runs N-S across fosse at WSW, along top of bank WSW->NW, and along outer line of fosse NW->ENE. A track, running NE-SW, skirts enclosure 8m to E. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI036-160

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