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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Caherkirky

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture, on break in SE-facing slope. Circular area (45m N-S; 46m E-W) defined by low earthen bank (H 0.5m) E->SSW; stone field boundary SSW->W; scarp (H 1.9m) W->NE. A concentric ruined stone wall runs 3m inside the scarped edge; scarp and wall ill-defined to NE. Interior uneven, rock outcrop exposed in parts. Shallow depression, heavily overgrown, in NE quadrant. Low ridge (H 0.6m) runs out for 12m from bank to SE towards centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO121-019

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • SlaineMacRoth, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Marathon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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