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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Drumavaddy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Unusually small enclosure known locally as a 'fort'. It comprises a raised circular area (int. diam. 18.4m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a narrow, partly waterlogged fosse, both of which appear to have been modified in relatively recent times. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV025-038

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at; Bruce Marlin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0; Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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