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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaunroe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On NW-facing slope, in pasture, with excellent views from SW-W-N-NE. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a circular-shaped area (27m E-W; 25m N-S) enclosed by a bank (Wth 5.15m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.65m) visible from W-N and reduced to a scarp (H H 0.65m) from N-NNE-NE, with external fosse (Wth 6.9m; D 1.3m) is visible from E-S-WSW. The monument is cut into the upslope on S side and raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. The interior has a gentle NW-facing slope. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on ASI aerial photogrpahs (ASIAP 133, 1; 353, 3) taken 23/08/2000 and 05/01/2003. Visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached sketch plan and cross-sections surveyed and drawn by the ASI. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 19 July 2020

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