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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Brownstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on the S face of a natural slope, surrounded by undulating pasture-land, with extensive views to the N, E & S. An oval-shaped area (dims. 49m N-S x 24.2m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank (max. H 2m) with slight traces of an external fosse at N. There are possible entrance gaps at WNW (Wth 2.1m) and at N (Wth 1.8m). The interior slopes from N-S. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

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