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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cuilkeel

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

On a low N-S ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a scarp (H 0.55-1.2m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.1m). There is no visible entrance, and a NW-SE field bank with a track on its NE side overlie the site towards the perimeter at NE with a coniferous forest beyond the site on this side of the field bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO004-024

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • RTG, Wikimedia Commons
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • PST Sport (project contractor and publisher); individual photographer not named, pstsport.com
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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