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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Donegall Middle

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture, on N-facing slope, at N end of Ringarogy Island. Circular enclosure hachured on OS 6-inch map (1842). Roughly pentagonal area (24.45m N-S; 22.75m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m) NE->NW; linear stone field fence to N side. Breaks in bank to SW (Wth 4.2m) and NW (Wth 2m), both leading to laneway which skirts bank to W. Interior ploughed, ridges run N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO150-002

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Photo credits
  • Jonathan Billinger, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • ReubenGrayPhoto, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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