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Indicated — Ardakillin

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Indicated — Ardakillin
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On an E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 43m ENE-WSW; 39m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) SE-S and W-N (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.4m), with a fosse visible as a band of reeds (Wth 2.5m) W-N. The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank and hedge N-E, but reduced to a scarp (H 1m) S-W. There are entrances at NNW (Wth 2.8m), SE (Wth 4m) and SSW (Wth 2.1m). Rath (RO028-100----) is c. 110m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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