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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonnafinneela

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on a N-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.9m) and external fosse (D 0.2m). The bank and fosse are best preserved along the SE arc with the traces of a possible counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.35m) along the outer edge of fosse S-WSW. The ringfort is bisected by an earthen field boundary (H 1.2m) with a drain (Wth 1.8m; D 0.35m) on either side; this cuts through the interior on a rough NW-SE axis leaving about two thirds of the monument, which is heavily masked by vegetation cover, to the E of the boundary. There are breaks in the bank at E (Wth 2.6m), S (Wth 3m) and N (Wth 4.5m). Black earth and heat shattered stone (KE022-026001-), suggesting a possible fulacht fia, are visible in the area of the fosse at WNW. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

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