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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonty

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Atop E-W ridge, in area of mixed pasture and marshland. Circular area (21.5m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth at top 2.2m) with external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 1.6m). Interior slopes down gently to SE, and is covered in tall grass and rushes. In NE quadrant is depression (1.5m E-W; 3m N-S; D 0.35m) covered in rushes. Area immediately W, NW and SW of enclosure criss-crossed by recently cut field drains. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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