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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Blackmiles

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on rising grassland overlooked by higher ground from E-W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide deep external fosse. The bank has been steepened from E-S-SW where it is intersected by a field fence which forms the townland boundary with Galmoylestown Lower. The perimeter of the monument has been quarried away at NW. The interior slopes from NE-SW and has traces of cultivation ridges. There is an entrance gap at SW (Wth 1.75m). See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 August 2017

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