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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mitchelstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, at W end of low ridge, in area of outcropping limestone. Oval area (34m N-S; 27.3m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank ENE->SSE and defined by scarped edge SSE->ENE. Bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m) best preserved at E. Scarp (H 1.65m; Wth 4m) best preserved NW->N; some vestiges of stone-facing survive on scarp face. Interior, under pasture, dips gently down towards centre. Field boundaries which abutted enclosure at NW and NNE have been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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