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Embanked enclosure — Gortnagoyne

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a level landscape at the bottom of a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m NNW-SSE; 31.2m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank with furze (Wth 2.5-3.9m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.8-1.3m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 8-9m; Wth of base 5-7m; D 0.4m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.5-4m; H 0.1-0.3m) N-S-W, the fosse being replaced by a band of rushes (Wth 4m) W-N. The entrance (Wth 4m) at SE is only through the inner bank. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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