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Embanked enclosure — Creggan ((costello By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Embanked enclosure — Creggan ((costello By.)
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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular feature (ext. diam. c. 45m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (MA 64), and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.2-4.1m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext H 0.4-0.7m). There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance. The monument is overlain by an overgrown NW-SE field bank towards the perimeter at NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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