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St John's Point Boat-Shaped Enclosure

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St John's Point Boat-Shaped Enclosure
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Situated on N facing slope of wet poorly drained land at W end St. John's Point. Cairn (DG097A005-) located 175m to NNW. This unusual monument consisting of an elliptical or boat shaped area with a slightly domed interior (int. dims. 10.5m E-W; 3.5m N-S) is defined by a contiguous setting of low orthostats (H 0.2m-0.5m) with no entrance feature visible. The long axis of this elliptical or boat shaped area runs from E to W. The setting of stones meet at a point on the E and W ends of the stone setting. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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