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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Coomleagh

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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The circular field depicted at this location on the second edition of the OS map is now used as a cattle enclosure. The substantial enclosing stone wall does not appear to be of recent construction, though it is partly rebuilt. The original walling, where visible, is well-constructed and consists of a rubble core…

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The circular field depicted at this location on the second edition of the OS map is now used as a cattle enclosure. The substantial enclosing stone wall does not appear to be of recent construction, though it is partly rebuilt. The original walling, where visible, is well-constructed and consists of a rubble core faced externally and internally with drystone masonry. It is preserved to a maximum external height of 1.75m and an internal height of 1.45m. It has an average basal width of 1.5m. There are two breaks in the wall, at ESE and WNW, but it is not clear if these are original. The interior, 23m in diameter, is level with no apparent surface features. Cork University Press (1996), no. 726.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE081-006

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  • Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Keith Cunneen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Steve Edge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Josh Jackson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • photo taken by SteffenMP ( de:Benutzer:SteffenMP ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Rod Allday, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Neville Goodman, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Goatoo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Matt Gillman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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