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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cartron Glebe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On the W facing slope of a low ridge with restricted views to the E and N. Circular raised platform (diam 35m E-W.) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 2m; int. H 0.5m) with slight evidence of an external fosse at W. Modern field boundaries intersect the site on all sides except at W. Evidence of a stone lined entrance (Wth 1m) at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF002-005

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Photographer not named on GAA.ie article, www.gaa.ie
  • Trenchspike, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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