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Moat in Newbarn

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated in a field of rich pastureland on ground falling south to road and the Broadmeadow river. Comprises a roughly circular earthen platform (diam c. 70m, H 1.5m) with an outer earthen bank (Wth 3m, H1.2m). It is splayed on the downslope side and disturbed in the N. Trees hadbeen planted around the perimeter but several had been removed leaving large holes and rotten stumps. Ditch evident around base except to the south. Immediate area to the SE has been extensively quarried.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU011-001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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