Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tithewer, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope in scrubby terrain overlooking marshy ground to the NW. Circular area (diam. 32m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.6m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6-0.8m). At the S stones along the foot of the bank and in the fosse may represent a collapsed revetment. No trace of an entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI012-036

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