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Embanked enclosure — Cloonylyon

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated just off the crest of an E-W ridge on the gentle NW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 45.1m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1m) and fosse (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m) NE-E, and a fosse (at W: Wth of top 6m; int. D 0.4m; ext. D 0.9m) SW-NNW. The interior is overlain by field boundaries, and farm buildings impinge on the perimeter at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 19 August 2015

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