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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lackan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on N face of a ridge running NW-SE on grassland with views to NE towards Lough Derravaragh. Earthwork (WM006-057----) 540m to SE. A circular area (approx. diam. 28m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved fragmentary earthen bank, shallow round-bottomed fosse and a fragmentary outer bank which has been levelled from SW-W-N. The interior slopes from WSW-ENE. There are several modern gaps in the outer bank. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 February 2017

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