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Indicated — Kilbride (gallen By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Kilbride (gallen By.)
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In pasture, located on top of a ridge, which provides excellent views in all directions over the surrounding undulating grassland. Raised oval area (39.4m N-S; 31.8m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 2m at N and S) and enclosed by an external fosse (Wth 3.8m). The scarp is cut almost to the vertical, most likely as a result of modification of the rath in the modern era. The fosse is evident at NE−SE as a broad, shallow depression. The entrance may have been at the ENE where the interior slumps towards a low section of the scarp, which has a poorly defined ramp-like slope (Wth c. 4m). The interior is higher in the SW quadrant, sloping gently from there to N and E. In the raised area at SW an oblong depression indicates the location of a souterrain (MA062-089002-). Remnants of an E-W field bank cross the N half of the interior, and traces of cultivation ridges on a roughly E-W axis are visible throughout the interior. There are animal burrows in the SW quadrant. A small heap of stones is piled against the scarp at SE. There is a rath (MA062-088----) 220m to N and a rath (MA062-087001-) 300m to NW; two enclosures (MA062-090----; MA062-091----) are located c. 140m and c. 240m to SSW, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2020

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