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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrowmoney

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In good pasture, atop N-S running ridge, gentle slope to E. Circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W), enclosed by two heavily overgrown earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (H 1.4m), outer bank (H 1.8m), with causeway entrance to interior (Wth 2.8m) in the NE. Gap in inner bank to SW. Man-made underground passage (MA109-014002-) in S of interior. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 127.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA109-014001

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Man-made underground passage in CarrowmoneyMan-made underground passage · 7 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

Explorer Tom Man-made underground passage in Carrowmoney has caught my eye in Carrowmoney, County Mayo. I bet a man-made underground passage with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

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