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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newtown (delvin By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a slight rise in low lying wet grassland, stream marking townland boundary with Calliaghstown lies 115m to W. Ringfort (WM016-040---) 170m to S. A large oval shaped area (approx. diam. 45m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) enclosed by a two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank is low and fragmentary; the fosse is visible from NW-NE, at W and at SSE. The very slight external counterscarp bank is visible from NW-NNE. The interior has a slight slope from N-S. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 September 2018

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