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Cummer Fort

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (36.6m NE-SW; 37.4m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.25m). Entrance (Wth 1.2m) to E. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO130-008

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.discoverireland.ie
  • Kondephy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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