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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cummer

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated in rough pasture on a gentle S-facing slope with the headwaters of the N-S River Lask c. 130m to the W. This is a circular area (diam. 25.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 1-2m; ext. H 1-2m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.4m) N-E-S. Elsewhere there is a stream. The entrance (Wth 3m) is at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX002-062

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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