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Embanked enclosure — Derraun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On the SE-facing slope of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 31.5m E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.2-0.8m) WSW-NW and a scarp (H 0.4m at N to 1m at S) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and the perimeter is truncated slightly by a NE-SW field bank at SE. Rath (RO011-062001-) is c. 210m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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