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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dromard Demesne

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, at N edge of break in N-facing hill slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 30.5m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks with intervening fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 2m). Inner bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.55m), best preserved along SE arc, has boulders dumped along top at ENE. Outer bank (ext. H 0.6m) survives SW->NE, and is incorporated into field boundary system SW->NW. Breaks in inner (Wth 3.6m) and outer (Wth 1m) banks at NNE. Fosse, best preserved and waterlogged SW->N, can only be tentatively traced SE->SW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down to W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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