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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolagowan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In undulating marshy pasture. Roughly circular area (36.4m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks. Inner bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m) covered by trees and bushes. External bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.25m) only evident SW->WNW and NW->NE; it has been truncated by field boundary on E and S sides. Intervening flat-bottomed fosse (Wth c. 3.1m) covered in places by rushes. Causeway entrance (Wth c. 2m) at NW; at NE is gap only in inner bank (Wth 2.5m). Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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