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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 60m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is located towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a NNW-SSE ridge. This is a circular grass and fern-covered area (diam. 27.5m E-W; 26.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank, best preserved at N and S (Wth 6.5 7.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m), and an external, flat bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6.5-7m normally to 10m at N; Wth of base 2-4m; ext. D 0.2-0.6m normally to 1.2m at S). There is no recognisable entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-043

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Paul O'Farrell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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