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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a slight rise, in undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 37.3m E-W; 34m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse with entrance gap (Wth at top 5.2m; basal Wth 2m) at E. The bank is best preserved from WNW-NW and is almost reduced to a steep scarp elsewhere. The fosse is wide, deep and flat-bottomed from WNW-NNW and is almost completely infilled from NNW-N-E-S-W-WNW. The interior has a gentle NNE-facing slope with a house site (WM024-170001-) in the S quadrant and a house site (WM024-170002-) in the E quadrant. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 03 September 2019

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