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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killeenboy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Close to the base of a NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 28m) enclosed from NNW-N-SW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3-3.5m; H 0.3m), which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary from NNW-N-NNE. Elsewhere the bank has been levelled and the defining element is a scarp (H 1.3-1.4m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded traces of an external fosse, which has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable. Within the interior is an irregularly shaped depression (max. dim. 1.5m; D 0.3m) of unknown significance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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