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Embanked enclosure in Curryroe

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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What is recorded here

On a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 31.5m ENE-WSW; 29.7m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown stone spread (at E: Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m), which is overlain by a drystone wall SE-W. There is no identifiable original entrance but clearance cairns are in the interior and a relict field wall runs E from the perimeter.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO051-068

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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