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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Crean (smallcounty By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, 400m NE of a ringfort (LI031-098----). Monument described by O'Kelly (1944, 51) as a type B earthwork consisting of the following; ‘A circular platform on the edge of which there is a bank. A fosse surrounds the whole. The entrance is on the E. side, where a causeway leads to a break in the bank. The overall diameter is 120’[36m]’. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 17m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank from E-S-W-NNW; bank from NE-E, incorporated into post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Curving field boundary at N represents remains of enclosing bank of levelled ringfort which is visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 25 March 2021

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