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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmacredock Lower

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 26m) is defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) and a broad but shallow outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m). A gap at E may mark the original entrance. The nettle-grown interior slopes gently down to E. There is a possible standing stone site (KD006-010----) c. 90m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD006-006

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