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Situated on a natural rise of ground on the landscaped demesne lands of Clonyn House located 725m to the NNW. This earthwork known locally as a 'fort' is depicted as a grove of trees standing E of the main avenue leading up to Clonyn House on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. An enclosure (WM013-033----) lies 45m to the SW and a second enclosure (WM013-114----) is 110m to the W. Possible ringfort that was re-used as a tree-ring as part of the landscaping of Clonyn House demesne.
Remains consist of a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 29m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) and narrow external fosse (Wth 1.9m; ext. D 0.2m). There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 4.5m) at WSW. Deep cultivation ridges aligned E-W are visible running across the interior of the monument. It is not clear if all three earthworks (WM013-033-/114----) are the remains of ringforts that were converted into tree-rings as part of the landscaping of Clonyn House demesne or whether they were built as tree-rings in the post-1700 period.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 2 August 2017
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