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Cliff-edge fort in Ballynamuddagh (coshlea By.)

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Cliff-edge fort in Ballynamuddagh (coshlea By.)
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In pasture, on slight WNW-facing slope, immediately S of River Aherlow that forms townland boundary with Barna. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly D-shaped earthwork intersected at N by a townland boundary running E-W. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a raised D-shaped area defined by a scarp with fosse at E. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999, described as a raised semi-circular shaped area (30m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a scarp from NE-E-S-W-NW, with external fosse (Base Wth 2.1m; Overall Wth 6.1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.3m) from NE-E-S, intersected at N by scarp of river (H 2.5m). A drain runs radially to fosse from S-W-NW. The interior slopes to WNW and densely overgrown at the margins. Two breaks in the scarp at E (Wth 1.4m) and S (Wth 1.4m) appear to be modern livestock openings. Tree-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 4 November 2021

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