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Embanked enclosure in Corboghil

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 35m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a small D-shaped field on the 1915 ed. Situated on a gentle W-facing slope with a NW-SE stream or drain c. 140m to the SW. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 28m E-W; 26.9m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) SW-NW, but the monument is truncated by straight field banks at N, E and S. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-059

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Photo credits
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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