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Donoure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, just off top of ridge. Circular area (52m N-S; 52m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H1.9m) uniform in height and overgrown with ferns and several small trees. Outer bank (H 0.9m) substantial from N->NE; disturbed from NE->S; survives as low lip (H 0.2m) S->NW and as low bank (H 1m) NW->N. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) to NE. Interior under pasture; possible Man-made underground passage (9016) offcentre to W. Limekiln at outer edge of enclosure to SW marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO040-050

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Michael Earnshaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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