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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Milleenawillin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 18m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.6m), with external fosse (D 0.2m) to W and SW. Interior heavily overgrown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO133-030

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