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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilmoylan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, atop limestone hill. Circular area (diam. 24.7m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2.55m) with external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 1.2m). Bank is best preserved SW->NE. Causeway entrance (Wth 2.7m) at ESE has boulder forming N edge. Fosse is best preserved along S arc, but crossed by field boundaries which abut bank at WSW and NNE. Level interior is masked by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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