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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickittle

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Described by O'Kelly (1944, 16) as following; 'This is a circular platform surrounded by a fosse. The entrance is on the E. side where a causeway and ramp lead on to the platform. The greatest height of the latter over the fosse-bottom is 6' [1.8m] and the overall diameter is 150' [45.7m]'. Depicted as a pond on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI033-025

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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