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Embanked enclosure — Culliaghmore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the NE-facing slope of a NW-SE esker. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. c. 31m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-1m) WNW-N-SE, with traces of a bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.1m) at NE. The perimeter merges into the slope elsewhere, and there is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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