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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On the NW-facing slope of a hill, c. 80m N of Derreen Lough. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m NW-SE; 32.5m NE-SW) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank and hedge (Wth 2.4-4.7m; int. H 0.2-0.75m; ext. H 0.55-1.1m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.25m) NW-NE. There is a fosse (Wth of top 4.2-4.7m; D 0.1-0.2m) SW-W-NW, continued by a berm (Wth 4m) NW-N, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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