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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickduff

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised subcircular area (41m N–S; 35.5m E–W) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.3-4.9m; H 0.2-1.1m) with a very wide, deep intervening fosse (Wth 4.5-7.5m; D 1.7-2.2m), an outer bank (Wth 4.2-9.5m; H 1.7-2.1m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3.5-4m; D 0.2-0.3m). The external face of the outer bank has been steepened and incorporated into a field boundary from W–NW–N. The outer fosse is not visible from ESE–S–W where a roadway, lane and farmyard overlie it. The original entrance may have been at NNE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 November 2011

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