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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Doorus

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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What is recorded here

In level pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m); partially levelled by the time of 3rd edition (1922). All that survives is the arc of a double-faced drystone wall (Wth 3m; H 1.6m) from S through W to NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA102-028

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What survives
Recorded monument

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Joseph McGinley, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Boomur, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A McCarron, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Luisteix, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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