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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Milltown North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, on SE-facing slope into river valley. Oval area (29.5m N-S; 22.5m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank, with external fosse (D 0.55m; Wth 2.8m) SW->N and ENE->E. Bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.55m), best preserved N->SW, lowers SW->W. Fosse, best preserved SW->N, has dry-stone boundary wall running along base WSW->NNW and clipping outer edge N->ENE and S->SW. Entrance (Wth 3.2m) at SE, with stone kerbing on S edge. Interior, covered with mature deciduous trees, slopes down to SE. Enclosure is contained within small square field (L c. 30m) bounded by dry-stone wall. A similar walled-in enclosure lies 700m to WNW (LI020-001---). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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