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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bellsgrove

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marked on all OS eds. Large oval area (int.dims. c. 80m NNW-SSE; c. 50m ENE-WSW)enclosed by a much-denuded low earthen bank. The site is divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NNW-SSW. The larger portion,ENE of the boundary, has been levelled. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV037-013

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Cavanphotography, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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