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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolmona

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

In pasture, beside farmyard of Coolmona House. Roughly circular area (diam. 40.2m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.8m). Bank disturbed along NE edge. Interior planted with conifers. Known locally as '"lios"' (Hartnett 1939, 185).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO050-116

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Photo credits
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Tim Sheerman-Chase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker shown on the Wikimedia Commons file page · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Joebater at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Donald MacDonald, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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