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Indicted RO045-154---- in Carnagh West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a rise at the SE end of a NW-SE spur. Oval grass-covered but poached area (dims 37m NNW-SSE; 29.8m WNW-WSW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SSE: Wth 5.8m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 2.3m) separated by a fosse (at SSE: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.95m) from a slight outer bank (Wth 3.2m; ext. H 0.35m). The entrance (Wth 2.4m) and causeway (Wth 4.5m) are at E. Rath (RO045-155----) is c. 190m to the SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO045-154

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Official monument number
RO045-154----
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