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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kiltoghert

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a level area of improved pasture in a poorly drained, low-lying basin, with a small NE-SW stream to the N and W c. 15-20m distant. There is higher ground within 300-500m in all directions, except to the S. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 56m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by the remains of an earthen bank NE-ESE and SSW-WSW (at SW: Wth of base 5.1m; Wth of top 1.6m; int. H 0.25; ext. H 0.4m), which is reduced to scarp (at SE: Wth 1.4m; H 0.25m) elsewhere. A NNE-SSW farm track bisects the interior. There is no visible fosse or original entrance. Rath (LE027-078----) is c. 20m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

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