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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Caher East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In level pasture, on the valley floor on the N side of the Roughty River. This possible rath is not visible at ground level, apart from a shallow depression (L c. 35m) NW-NE which may indicate the line of a fosse. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, it was levelled when the surrounding field boundaries were removed. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-009

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  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Tripadvisor visitor; individual photographer not stated, Tripadvisor visitor
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter Ribbans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nigel Cox https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/2798, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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