Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Johnstown Demesne

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m), and situated at the S end of a low N-S ridge. Overgrown D-shaped area (dims. C. 20m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.9-1.2m) SSE-WNW, but the remainder is removed by a NW-SE quarry-face.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO055-002

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