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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Islandgar

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a shelf of a W-facing slope overlooking Islandgar Lough (dims. c. 380m E-W; c. 23m N-S) c. 100m to the SW. Listed as ' Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A raised grass-covered circular area (diam. 30.7m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2-5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.2-1.4m elsewhere) NNW-S and by a scarp (H 1.4m at W) S-NNW. There are traces of a fosse (Wth of base 1.6m; D 0.2m) SSE-S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 April 2016

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