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Embanked enclosure — Kilcanoran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On top of a low drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.7-4.9m; int. H 0.25-0.6m; ext. H 1.5-1.75) S-N-E separated by a fosse (Wth of base 2.6m at SW to 5m at NW; D 0.2m at SW to 1m at NE) S-N-E from a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.7-0.9m; ext. H 0.4-0.7m) W-NE, which has slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.2-0.3m) at WNW. There is no visible entrance, and a NE-SW field bank and drain truncates the monument at SE. Church (RO011-099001-) is c. 160m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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