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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cartown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located in improved pasture, towards the bottom of a S-facing slope, but it is surrounded by higher ground within 300-600m. 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 a D-shaped area (dims 20m E-W; 9m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 5.1m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.25; ext. H 0.4m) and outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 7.3m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.25m) WSW-N-ENE. The monument is truncated by an ENE-WSW drain and field bank with hedge at S, and there is no evidence of the monument beyond this boundary. There is no evidence of an original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

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