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Embanked enclosure — Cartron (athlone South By., Rockhill Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a rise on a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.3m NNE-SSW; 29.7m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank with whitethorn bushes (at NNE: Wth 6.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) which is frequently reduced to a scarp (at SSW: H 1.3m), and slight traces of a fosse N-NE. The entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at SSW and field stones lie on the perimeter NE-E-SSW. Rath (RO045-183----) is c. 70m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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