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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Large raised circular area (int. diam. c. 61.1m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank which has been much modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Modern narrow roadways, bordered by high earthen banks, divide the site into four roughly equal quadrants. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV020-007

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  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Deadstar ( msg ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Deadstar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Adam Simpson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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