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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Skreeny Little

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on the E-facing slope of a low drumlin. Subcircular grass and reed-covered area (int. dims 32m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by a round-topped, steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 2.45m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) which is reduced to a scarp at NW. Slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth 1-2m) are visible as lush vegetation N-E-SW, but the original entrance is not identified. The monument is traversed by an E-W farm track.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE007-047

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  • Darrin Antrobus, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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