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Enclosure in Killhill

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

What is recorded here

Shown on the latest ed. (1939) of the OS 6-inch map as an oval area (est. max diams. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by a bank, standing c. 70m E of Kill motte-and-bailey (KD019-008004-). Described in 1955 as a sub rectangular enclosure, of which no visible surface traces survived in 1973 (SMR File). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/2007).
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