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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Caherbarnagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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In pasture, on lower N-facing slope of Caherbarnagh. Circular area (24.7m N-S; 23.9m E-W) enclosed by ruinous stone wall (H 1m; T 2.5m); break in wall to SSE (Wth 1.5m). Three quernstone fragments noted in wall. Vegetation pattern SW->N may indicate outer wall. Ruins of two subrectangular structures against inner face of wall to NE (L 5m) and S (L 2.9m). Possible Man-made underground passage (8970) E of centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO038-039001

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Pictures: Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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