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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cloonty

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

On top of a low rise. Grass-covered oval or subrectangular area (int. dims 40.4m N-S; 28.1m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.35m) at N, which is rebuilt as a stone field wall (Wth 1m; H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is no identifiable original entrance or any visible facing-stones.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE001-049

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Rob Hurson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Suzanne Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • NTF30, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jacobfrid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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