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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardywanig

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1894 OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 20m). According to the landowner, a 'ring of earth' covered with overgrowth was levelled here in the 1980s.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE047-065

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Berthold Strucken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Adrian Beney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Keith Salvesen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bkwillwm, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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