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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockgraffon

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In fallow arable land, on N-facing slope, in NW corner of field. Roughly circular area (dims. 22m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 9.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.05m). External fosse (Wth 7.5m; D 0.3m) is low profile NE-E-SSW due to ploughing and is best preserved SSW-W-N-NE, although outer edge is truncated by field boundaries at tangent to W and N. Interior is N-facing and covered in dense undergrowth. Enclosure (TS068-107----) c. 120m to NNW and ringfort (TS068-102----) c. 270m to WNW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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