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Embanked enclosure — Carrownaknockaun,curraghard

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On the NE-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m E-W; 35.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.1m at N to 6m at W; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 1.5-1.8m) which is incorporated into a field bank and townland boundary with Curraghard (Wth 2.8m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.1m) NE-SE. There is no visible fosse, and there are modern entrances at NNW (Wth 1.3m), NNE (Wth 1.3m), SSW (Wth 1.5m) and W (Wth 3m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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