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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creelaghta

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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At the NW edge of a low rise in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 37.5m) enclosed from NW-N-NE and from ESE-S-SSW by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.5m; H 0.8-0.9m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.4m). Elsewhere the bank and fosse have been levelled and the defining element is a scarp (H 1.3-1.65m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted slight traces of an outer bank at NW and that a gap in the bank at E with a causeway may have marked the original entrance. The interior is planted with beech and oak trees. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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