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Enclosure in Rathrobin

Enclosure
Enclosure in Rathrobin
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Located on the W facing slope of a ridge running N-S. Quarry located where site is marked on OS 6-inch map. The local landowner will not touch the overgrowth on this ridge because he believes that it is a fairy fort. Depicted as circular enclosure on 1912 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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