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Caherbaun CO147-007---- in Coorlacka

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Official monument number
CO147-007----
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What is recorded here

In grassland, atop rise on SE-facing slope. Circular area (21.4m N-S; 19.25m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 1.28m) faced with stones. Bank worn to E and SE, surviving mainly as scarp (H 1.2m); entrance to SW (Wth 1.6m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO147-007

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.wikipedia.org
  • Minseach, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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