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Embanked enclosure — Carrowkeel (boyle By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Carrowkeel (boyle By.)
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On a level low-lying landscape with a small E-W stream or drain c. 40m to the N. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 26m) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 7.5-8.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) and an outer band (Wth 3-4m) of wet ground indicating a fosse. There is no visible entrance, and an outer bank has been removed since 1983 (SMR file). Ditch barrow (RO010-054----) is c. 100m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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