Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moneyteige North

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What is recorded here

Situated at a break in a marked NW-facing slope. Bivallate circular ringfort (diam. 36m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.25-0.5m; ext. H 1.6-1.8m). From SW-ENE there is an external fosse (Wth 2-4m; D 0.5-1 m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; H 0.4m). The external fosse is also evident from ESE-SSW. A field boundary abuts the site at the SE. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is at the NNW. No indication of internal features.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI039-021

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