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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ranaghan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated in well drained pasture-land with limited views of the surrounding fields. Ringfort (WM008-023----) 170m to NE. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 33m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks, intervening fosse and outer fosse. The inner bank has several disturbance gaps. The inner fosse has been filled in at SE & SW-W. The outer bank has been disturbed by field fences at W and S. The interior slopes gently from N-S, and has traces of cultivation ridges which run E-W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

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