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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonty

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In gently undulating pasture. Circular area (30.6m N-S; 30.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 1.5m). Causeway entrance (Wth 4m) at E; cattle breaks at ENE, NE and SW. Interior level and under grass. Linear extension of fosse to N (L 23.7m; D 0.35m; Wth 2.2m) with low earthen bank along each side (H 0.2m), terminates at E-W field boundary. Similar profiled extension of fosse to S (L 30m) but following gentle S curve. Extending N from close to SE corner of enclosure is low earthen bank (L 54m; H 0.25m; Wth 1m); at S end this meets similar low earthen bank (L 15m) travelling E-W, from which another similar bank travels S (L 28m) slightly to W of line of former bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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