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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Brocorrow

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Located towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Carrickmastia Hill at the junction with a less severe slope. This is a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank SE-W-N that is removed elsewhere. It is regarded locally as a rath, but is now largely incorporated into a farmyard.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX030-075

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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Darrin Antrobus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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