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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mundellihy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On low-lying level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled except for arc of scarped edge (H 1.6m; Wth ) SSW->NNE, defining roughly circular area (diam. 26m). Scarp is best preserved SSW->W where there is a sharp dip down to stream. Scarp has been modified W->NNE where drain (D 1m), feeding into stream, has been cut along its base. Level interior under pasture. Silage bales are stored along E edge of interior, and there is a compost heap in NE quadrant. According to landowner rubble from demolition of old thatched house was dumped over interior in 1953; a modern dwelling now occupies site of thatched house which lies immediately W of enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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