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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cornashesk

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 eds. Circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) enclosed by a partly collapsed drystone wall. Original entrance not recognisable. A ring of beech trees skirts the internal face of the wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV039-024

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
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  • P Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Explorer Tom Cornashesk’s first fort is described as 'much disturbed' and has two low banks with a wide shallow ditch. It looks like it’s been through some serious roughhousing and needs a nap. Dare you to say hello to it out loud.

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