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Caher Moyna

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Map note: Around Moyna, County Mayo, Ireland, the map records Caher Moyna as a fairy fort or stone ringfort. See what else is recorded around this spot before making up the rest.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA076-013

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kilmeena GAA Club; individual photographer not named, www.kilmeenagaaclub.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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