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Shanabone Fort — Gortmakellis

Moated site
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In wet reclaimed flat grassland with good views in all directions, moated site (TS053-060----) 150m to S. Monument consists of a much degraded, barely visible, levelled moated site consisting of a rectangular area (approx. int. dims. 30m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) enclosed by a low barely visible bank (base Wth 4.2m; top Wth 1.6m; H 0.2m) and traces of an outer fosse (top Wth 4m; base Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.2m) and external bank (Wth 3m; H 0.1m) both of which are visible at NW only. Bank visible at NW and SE sides only and visible as a vegetation mark at NE and destroyed at SW by small stream running NW-SE. Small stream running NW-SE forms enclosing feature of moated site at SW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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