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Embanked enclosure — Knocknagawna

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Knocknagawna
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On the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 48m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 2.85m at N to 3.6m at E; int. H 0.45m at S to 0.85m at W; ext. H 0.8m at N to 1m E-W), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m at S to 3.3m N; D 0.1m at S to 0.3m at N) SE-W-NNE. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is quarried NNE-ENE. See the attached aerial view taken from the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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