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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cooltomin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on gently undulating terrain. Monument, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), has been levelled. Now evident as oval area (20.1m N-S; 26.2m E-W) defined by scarped edge which is best preserver SE->S (H 0.35; Wth 4m) but elsewhere is very indistinct. Interior, under pasture, has gentle roughly circular rise (H 0.1m; 8.5m N-S; 9m E-W) to W of centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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