Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lamberton Demesne

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What is recorded here

On N-facing slope in pastureland. A circular earthen ringfort (diam. c. 38m) defined by a well preservd tree-planted bank (max. Wth 6m, int. H 0.6m, ext. H 1.8m) except from NNW-N where it is flattened, and a fosse (Wth 2.5m), most pronounced from NNW-SE; from SSW-NW it is infilled. The interior is rough and uneven, and the S half is obscured by bushes and briars (pers. comm. Elizabeth FitzPatrick).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA018-011

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