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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonlaur

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Map note: Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonlaur is recorded around Cloonlaur, County Mayo, Ireland as a fairy fort or earthen ringfort. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA095-005

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  • Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • MickReynolds, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons, Wikimedia Commons · No restrictions
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Britishfinance, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Vicuna R, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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