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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carns

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Just off the crest of the N-facing slope of a slight WNW-ESE ridge c. 250m N of the broad WNW-ESE Carnfree ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 22.7m ENE-WSW; 14.6m NNW-SSE) defined by a fosse (Wth of base 1.4-1.7m; int. D 0.2-0.3m; ext. D 0.1-0.2m) WSW-N-ENE, with slight traces of an internal bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.1m) WSW-W. It is truncated at S by an ENE-WSW road. Barrow (RO028-068001-) is c. 140m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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