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Embanked enclosure — Barnacullen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a NE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area with lazy beds (dims 38m E-W; 33.7m N-S) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.7m; int. H 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 1.7-2.1m) separated by a fosse (at N: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 3.3m; ext. D 0.6m) which is most pronounced at S (Wth of top 8.3m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 2.1m), from an outer bank (at N: Wth 3m; ext. H 0.65m) N-ESE which is replaced by a field wall SSE-WSW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.6m) through the inner bank and slight traces of a causeway at NE. Rath (RO045-037----) is c. 95m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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