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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cummeen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In undulating rough pasture bordered to the N and E by third class roads. A circular area (c. 30m) is enclosed by an earth and stone bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 2m; Wth 2.2m), a fosse (Wth 2.78m) and an external earth and stone bank (int. H 1.03m; ext H 1.12m; Wth 2.7m). This latter feature is extent for the entire circuit, except from NE to SE where it is truncated by the third class road. The entrance is located in the NNW, and is indicated by a break in the internal bank (Wth 2.4m) and in the external bank (6m). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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