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Indicated — Cloonfeightrin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, located on the top of a NW−SE ridge, overlooking a flat expanses of bog. This possible rath is depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a broadly oval enclosure (c. 50m N−S; c. 65m E−W), ringed with trees; on the 1920 edition it has been incorporated into a system of field boundaries, and truncated on the E side by a NW−SE field boundary. Suboval slightly raised area (54m E−W; 42m N−S) defined by an earthen bank or scarp (ext. H 1.5m at N), which has been adapted to serve as a field fence around the entire circuit, and is now thickly covered in hazel, blackthorn and brambles and difficult to examine. The external slope of the scarp is faced with drystone walling, and the scarp is topped with a low stony internal rim (Wth 1m; int. H 0.4m). At E the enclosing scarp has been truncated by a straight N−S drystone field wall (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). A stretch of the scarp on the S side appears also to have been replaced by drystone walling. The interior is level and grassy. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

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