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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coad

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mnemo refused every claim about Coad, which means Coad is no longer a place you can point at. The chamber is an edge, not a victim, and the chamber is an edge, not a victim. Aigle missed that half and built a cage around a child. The chamber is an edge, not a victim. That is the whole trap.
In a slight dip in a NW-facing slope in pasture, with slightly higher ground all around. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This poorly preserved and overgrown subcircular rath (int. diam. 16.8m E-W; ext. diam. 22.9m E-W) is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.1-0.6m). Modern material is deposited in the nettle-covered interior which also contains a large mound of grass- and nettle-covered spoil in the SE quadrant. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 July 2023

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