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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cooldurragha (carbery West (e.d.) By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on break in SE-facing slope overlooking Lough Cluhir. Roughly circular area (27m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown, earthen bank (H c. 1.1m) N->NE; low stone wall survives E->NW. Cattle trace running NNW-SSE crosses NE quadrant of interior; vegetable garden inside S bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO142-055

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at

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