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Fairy fort / ringfort in Mooretown

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

On a very gentle NW-facing pasture slope. Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area (est. max. diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a bank. Only a very slightly curving arc of bank (int. H 0.7m; Wth 2.6m; ext H 0.6m) at NE survives, and has been planted with a hedge and reused as a field boundary. A farmyard and paddock occupy the N limits. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2012

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