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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrigroe (carbery E. (e.d.) By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

In pasture on edge of break in NE-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S) enclosed by worn earthen bank NW->S (int. H 0.5m); no trace of bank to W. Interior denuded of vegetation; raised on E side to compensate for hillslope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO109-056

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ceoil at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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