Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tobertelly (SL032-163001-)

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on the top of a ridge. A raised circular area (31.7m N-S) enclosed by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 2.3m; H 0.2m) with an intervening fosse and an outer earthen bank S-SE. The drystone wall is topped by a stone field boundary ENE-SW. The fosse (Wth 5.9m) is separated from the drystone wall by a narrow berm before dropping 1.1m to the base of the fosse. The outer bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1m) is truncated at NE by a field boundary. There is a causeway across the fosse at NW. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL032-163002-) in the NW quadrant.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL032-163001

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