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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolishal

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Located in mixed woodland at the S edge of a plateau overlooking a NW-SE ravine. Circular area (diam. 38m) defined by a complete earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 1-1.7m), with an external U-shaped fosse (Wth 3-6m; D 0.2-0.5m) NE-S-NW. The entrance (Wth 2.6m) is at S, and the monument is planted with trees.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA002-012

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Photo credits
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Murphy ( talk · contribs ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Irishtree, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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