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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Bunnageddy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope of Slieve Bawn, and on the N bank of a NW-SE section of a W-E stream. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by an overgrown fosse (Wth of top 5-5.5m; Wth of base 2-2.8m; int. D 1.3-1.6m; ext. D 0.3m) NW-E-S, and a scarp (H 1.3m) elsewhere. There is a ramp entrance (Wth 4m) at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO029-114

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Maher / Sportsfile, as printed in the photograph caption; image published by the GAA, www.gaa.ie
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ianvisits.co.uk
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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