Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmartin, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope at the edge of steeper ground. Circular area (diam. 28m) with a raised interior defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2-2m) from NW-E-SW with an outer drystone facing, possibly not original. There is an outer fosse (Wth 1-1.8m; D 0.3m) from N-SE. The interior is level and appears to have been infilled to provide an extension to a horse-training paddock to the W where both the bank and fosse have been removed. The interior is now c. 1m higher than the outer ground level. No indication of an entrance or internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI019-016

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