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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skehanagh (connello Lower By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In marshy pasture, at base of NE-facing slope and immediately S of stream. Circular area (17.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank NNE->E (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.35m) and defined E->NNE by scarped edge (H 1.1m; Wth 2m), with external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.3m) N->SSW. Scarp has been eroded by cattle, especially at NW. Gap at SE is covered by overgrowth. Interior, overgrown with nettles and briars, is level save for dip down in SE quadrant towards gap. Shallow drain (Wth 1.4m; D 0.2m) leads from fosse into stream at N. Field boundary, indicated on 1923 OS 6-inch map immediately S of enclosure, has been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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