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Caher Speenaun

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Caher Speenaun
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In pasture, on gentle E facing slope. Rectangular area (29.5m N-S; 36m E-W), enclosed in grass covered, collapsed stone wall (Wth 4.8m; H 0.9m). 14m W are low (H 0.2m) foundations of outer wall (L c. 25m). Overlain by field fence on S. Tradition of Man-made underground passage (MA121-130002-) in interior. Cashel wall once '10 feet thick, and 6 feet high' (Wilde 1872,230). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 283. Date of upload: 12 January 2015
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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