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Crossoona Rath

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Crossoona Rath is a likely home for at least some of these people: it is a spacious enclosure situated on the southeast slope of the hill and is protected from the weather on the north and west by the bulk of the hill, on the north by the higher Spinans Hill, and on the east by the higher
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The ogham stone (CIIC 50) is located inside the rath and has been dated to AD 400–500 and reads ᚛ᚃᚑᚈᚔ᚜ (VOTI or FOTI), possibly the genitive of a personal name Votas or Votus, or maybe related to the Irish words
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Crossoona Rath is believed to have been the dwelling of several (semi)historical figures of the first millennium AD:
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Crossoona Rath is roughly circular and is defined by an earth and stone bank and external
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Crossoona Rath is located on the SE face of Kilranelagh Hill, near two tributaries of the
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Crossoona Rath is located in Ireland
County Wicklow
Wicklow Mountains
52°56′39″N 6°36′51″W / 52.944262°N 6.614062°W / 52.944262; -6.614062
ringfort
ogham
Gaelic Ireland
National monument of Ireland
Irish
[ˈɾˠaːhxɾˠɔʃˈuənʲə]
ringfort
County Wicklow
Ireland
ogham
National Monument
Slaney
Baltinglass
Eochaid Doimlén
Ráth Imáil
King of Leinster
Glen of Imaal
Esnada Tige Buchet
Fingal Rónáin
Keadeen Mountain
moat
"National Monuments of County Wicklow in State Care"
"Ogham in 3D - Wicklow / 50. Boleycarrigeen"
"Boleycarrigeen Ogham StoneE"
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Archaeological sites in County Wicklow

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