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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clonygowan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Not visible at ground level. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1838 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This levelled ringfort originally consisted of a circular area (approx. int. diam. 27m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank. The ringfort measured in overall diameter of approx. 52m E-W.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF026-035

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Trenchspike, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0

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