Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Peast (MO028-094----)

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What is recorded here

Located on a hillock. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) defined by a small earthen bank (Wth 1.4-2.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.3m) with some bushes that is reduced to a scarp (at NE: Wth 3m; H 0.7m) over much of the perimeter. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The monument is overlain by a NW-SE field bank towards the perimeter at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO028-094

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