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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Moyoran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

At the SW end of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 27m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) with some bushes SSW-WNW and a scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) elsewhere. The fosse (Wth of base 2-3.5m) is visible as a band of rushes throughout, but there is no visible entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO004-048

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • RTG, Wikimedia Commons
  • Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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