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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Castlegarde

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in undulating pasture. A roughly circular enclosure (30m N-S; 28.7m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 4.8m; H 0.5m), with an external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.2m) which is discernible in the NE and from the ESE to NNW. The interior slopes down to W.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI015-037

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Antony Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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