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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carricknaveagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam.28m) enclosed by a narrow, low bank of earth and stone. Original entrance not recognisable. Known locally as a 'Fort' but not marked as same on any OS ed. It may in fact be a landscape feature.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV033-011

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What survives
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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Christopher Kirk, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5

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