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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Aghnaskeagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Raised almost circular area (int. diam. c. 28m)enclosed by a much-denuded low earthen bank. An earlier report (OPW 1974) recorded traces of a shallow fosse at S and W. Original entrance not recognisable. Interior rises from the perimeter to the centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV042-002

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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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