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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castlehaystown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. The cropmark of a large enclosure (diam. c. 55-60m) defined by a complete fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (50) 17-19). There are traces of a narrow external bank (Wth c. 3m) and outer ditch W-NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 November, 2012 Amended: 2 May, 2014

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