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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonbalt

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a rise in otherwise low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is occupied by a dwelling-house and garden and is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF008-034

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Robert French, Wikimedia Commons · No restrictions
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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