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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghagowla

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2-3.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) WSW-N and a scarp (at S: H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but there is a rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO003-013002-) (dims. 19m E-W; 11m N-S) defined by scarps (H 0.3-1.5m) attached to the perimeter at S. Cashel (RO003-014----) is c. 190m to the ESE.
Towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2-3.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) WSW-N and a scarp (at S: H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but there is a rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO003-013002-) (dims. 19m E-W; 11m N-S) defined by scarps (H 0.3-1.5m) attached to the perimeter at S. Cashel…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO003-013001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Daniel Waters, Co. Sligo, Ireland from Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • jbraine, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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