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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mundellihy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. It is now evident as circular area (diam. 42m) defined by a scarped edge with inner lip (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25m) with an external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 3m). According to local information monument levelled to present state c. 1990 when the enclosing bank was c. 2m high. Field boundary runs along outer line of fosse WNW->SSE. Interior level and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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