Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Oran (RO034-087----)

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What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the N fragment of an enclosure on the 1929 ed. Situated on the gentle W-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 26.5m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covererd earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.6m) NW-N and a scarp (H 0.3m) N-E. It is bisected by an NW-SE field wall and townland boundary with Cloonycolgan, and does not survive S of this. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO034-087

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