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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skreen Beg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on hillock in undulating pasture. Raised, roughly circular area (dims. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by a much denuded earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.4m). From SWNW the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Break in the bank at E (Wth 4m) with accompanying external ramp marks original entrance. Small quarry holes have been dug into the bank at N and W. House site (see SL013-038002-) is located centrally in the interior. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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