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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lacka (pubblebrien By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a gentle NW-facing slope, in pasture to S and tillage to N, N section of monument forms the townland boundary with Cahirduff. An enclosure (LI031-014----) lies 75m to SE. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (60m NW-SE; 47m NE-SW). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a semicircular-shaped area (dims. 16m NNW-SSE; 30m WSW-ENE) enclosed by a bank (Wth 6.7m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 2.45m) which is incorporated into a field boundary from WSW-W-N-E. A fosse (Wth 5.85m; D 1.05m) is visible from WSW-W-N-E and has been re-cut as a field drain. Monument is visible as an oval-shaped area defined by a field boundary from WSW-W-N-E and by a cropmark from E-S-SW-WSW on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and sketch plan, cross-sections and photographs surveyed and taken by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 October 2020

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