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Embanked enclosure in Curraghroche

Fairy fort / ringfort
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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in pasture on the W bank of a S-N stream at a point where the stream turns NNE and c. 200m from where it enters the SE-NW Finisk River. It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA029-025

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