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Fairy fort / ringfort in Hilltown

Fairy fort / ringfort
Fairy fort / ringfort in Hilltown
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Situated on top of a steep natural round-topped rise of ground with good views. Depicted as a polygonal shaped bi-vallate enclosure on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map but not indicated on any subsequent ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument levelled between 1837 and 1912 ed. OS 6-inch map. No surface remains visible. Faint outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 January 2017
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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