Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolmagort, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Internal diam. 37.7m N-S, 36m E-W Situated on the lower NE facing slopes of Ardfergus Hill, this poorly preserved univallate rath is heavily overgrown. The enclosing bank is somewhat defaced, averaging 1.1m high and 1.5m in basal width. It is best preserved at NE,where it stands 1.55m high and has a basal width of 2m. On average the bank rises 1m above the interior of the site, which slopes down markedly to E. No definite entrance is discernible. Cork University Press (1996), no. 493.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE065-077

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