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Griffin Rath — Griffinrath

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Griffin Rath — Griffinrath
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In open, gently undulating, mixed tillage and pasture with a second rath (KD011-008----) c. 60m to the N. An oval area (int. diams. 34m N-S; 30m E-W) is defined by an overgrown, inner earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m), a fosse (Wth 5m) and a second, partially overgrown, outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.1m). There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) at NW, and the interior rises gently towards the SE. Visible with overgrown enclosing elements on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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