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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Towards the top of a NW-facing slope overlooking Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough c. 600m to the W. Circular grass-covered area with some bushes (diam. 35.3m WNW-ESE; 35.1m NNE-SSW) defined by an overgrown and partly poached earthen bank (Wth 5.5-6.8m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 1.5-1.55m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 6-7.4m; Wth of base 1.5-2.5m; D 0.25-1.05m) which has been backfilled SE-SSW and which is circumscribed by a field wall SSW-NNW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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