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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloncumber

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a low, gently sloped, E-W pasture ridge in an extensively cleared and now huge field, surrounded by bog NW-NE-SE. Described in 1972 as 'a roughly circular ringfort (int. diam. 36m) of platform type, surrounded by a fosse … and traces of a bank (with) an entrance on the N side' (SMR file). The monument stands raised above the surrounding ground (H 1-2m) but is completely planted with pine trees, except along the N perimeter upon which cleared field-material is dumped. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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