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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Nodstown South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In grassland on an E-facing slope of low rise of ground with good views in all directions. Circular area (int. diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.7m; base Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.5m) best preserved at E and outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 4.5m; ext. D 0.3m) with entrance feature at E (Wth 3m), bank intersected by field boundary at S on an E-W axis and fosse not visible from S through W to N where it is intersected by a field boundary running on an E-W axis at S, modern road at N and field boundary at N as shown on the 1953-4 ed. OS 6-inch map.
In grassland on an E-facing slope of low rise of ground with good views in all directions. Circular area (int. diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.7m; base Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.5m) best preserved at E and outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 4.5m; ext. D 0.3m) with entrance feature at E (Wth 3m), bank intersected by field boundary at S on an E-W axis and fosse not…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS053-003

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Steven Brown, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Neil Theasby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
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