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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Caheragh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture, on break in S-facing slope. Circular area (28.2m N-S; 27.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m), stone faced in parts. Break in bank to E (Wth 2.5m). Approached by concrete steps from modern bungalow. Modern shed abuts site to N. Two wooden sheds erected in interior. Partially overgrown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO132-016

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Graham Horn, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JessicaOSullivan1990, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Neville Goodman, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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