What is recorded here
This site now appears as an unenclosed slightly raised area (max dimsc.39m) with no evidence of a bank or fosse. Field fences cut across N side of site and site is covered with overgrowth. Tradition of site being a fairy fort. On flat pasture land with bog to the E. The site now appears as a slightly raised area (H 2m; diam. 39m) with no evidence of an enclosing bank or fosse. Large boulder at S side of site and field fence cuts across N side of site. Site locally known as a fairy fort.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF020-002
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Zairon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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