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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garrane (pubblebrien By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garrane (pubblebrien By.) stands in low-lying level pasture with good views in all directions. A raised circular area thirty metres across still shows a scarped earth-and-stone edge, shallow outer ditch and a possible north-west entrance, while the interior slopes gently toward the centre. People may have lived, herded or marked this place long before it became a fairy fort in local speech.
In low-lying level pasture with good views in all directions. Surveyed by the ASI in 2001 when described as a raised circular shaped area (diam. 30m) defined by an earth and stone bank reduced to a scarped edge (H 0.8m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.25 with a possible ramped entrance (Wth 3.2m) at NW. A field boundary runs along the outer edge of fosse from SW to NW. The interior slopes slightly to centre. The monument is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 31 July 2020

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