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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bleantasour

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular field (diam. c. 45m) on the 1927 ed. Situated on a knoll of a S-facing slope overlooking the NE-SW Colligan river c. 300m to the SE. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 47m E-W; c. 43m N-S) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 2.5-5m; int. H 0.75-1.3m; ext. H 1-1.6m), which is removed NW-NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA013-019

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