Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Fontstown Upper

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What is recorded here

On a moderately steep SW-facing pasture slope. The E-half of an originally circular area (diam. 32m N-S) is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; Wth 4.6m; ext H 1.2m) N-E-SSE, with traces of a shallow outer fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 3m) surviving at NE and SE. The monument is truncated NE-SW by a road and by a broad driveway at S. The interior is lawned and hedged.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD031-018

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