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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dunmurry East

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a slight rise in pasture. Described in 1972 (SMR file) as a platform type ringfort, circular in shape (diam. 29m N-S), the interior of which sloped down slightly from N-S. A depression in the S-half was interpreted as resulting from recent digging. Visible, in tillage, on Google Earth in 2011.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD022-004

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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  • Zairon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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