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Embanked enclosure — Dacklin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On top of and on the SW-facing slope of a small drumlin overlooking Corbally Lough (dims c. 750m NE-SW; c. 400m NW-SE), c. 180m to the W. Oval grass-covered area (dims 68m NE-SW; 55.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m) at ENE and a scarp (H 0.35m at NE to 1.6m at S) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.2-2.4m; D 0.2-0.5m) SW-ENE. There is no visible entrance, and the perimeter is circumscribed by a curving field bank W-NW and by a NW-SE field bank at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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