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Embanked enclosure — Ardcarn (boyle By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Ardcarn (boyle By.)
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On the S-facing slopes of a rise. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.2-1.25m) with internal facing stones S-E, and a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; D 0.2-0.95m) W-E and the foundations of drystone wall on top of the bank, but there is no visible entrance. Earthwork (RO006-108----) is c. 70m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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