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Embanked enclosure in Garraunfadda

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. Situated in an undulating landscape on the floor of the Cappagh valley, it is not visible at ground level in pasture.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA030-026

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