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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathnagore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In undulating pasture, on gentle SSE-facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.7m) has break (Wth 5.3m) at SSE where there is also a causeway (Wth 2.6m) across fosse. Outer bank (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 0.95m) evident SW->N though overlain by field boundary E->SW. Fosse (Wth 1.8m) infilled N->E and used as rubbish dump along NW arc. Interior, covered by nettles, slopes down to SSE. Farm trackway skirts enclosure E->SW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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