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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Aghavoneen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on the N edge of a low ridge running roughly WNW-ESE, in pasture, with good views to N and E. Ringfort (WM036-003001-) and Man-made underground passage (WM036-003002-) lies c. 125m to NW and ringwork (WM036-005----) lies c. 195m to SE. Not depicted on OS maps. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an earthen bank visible from ENE-E-S-WNW and reduced to a scarp from WNW-N-ENE. The ground falls sharply at the base of the scarp. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 November 2019

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