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Embanked enclosure — Gortnacrannagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a D-shaped embanked feature (ext. dims c. 40m N-S; c. 25m E-W) truncated by a N-S field bank at E on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a circular feature overlain by a N-S field bank on the 1927 ed. It is situated on a shelf of a NW-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 30m N-S; c. 15m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 5m; max. D 0.2m) S-W. It is cut by a N-S field wall and no archaeological feature is visible E of this. Rath (RO022-033----) is c. 150m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 May 2018

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