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Embanked enclosure in Altore

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Just off the crest of a low N-S ridge, on the SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36.3m E-W; 35.2m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank and hedge (Wth of base 4-4.7m; Wth of top 1.2-1.6m; int. H 0.2m at W to 0.8m at S; ext. H 1.4m at E to 2.1m at S) which has many gaps, and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 2.8-3.4m; D 1.1-1.4m). An outer bank (Wth 3.8-5.1m; H 0.15m at N to 1.5m at E), which has inner and outer facing-stones W-NW and many gaps, has been removed NE-SE. The original entrance is not identifiable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO032-039

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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  • GAA (publisher); individual photographer not identified in image caption, www.gaa.ie
  • Dougbermingham at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • James Killeen / Mayo Football Talk, www.mft.ie
  • ClintMalpaso, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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