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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Erriff (MA092-054----)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In improved pasture, crowning the summit of a hill, which provides good views over the surrounding landscape of undulating grassland, with an expanse of low lying, wet pasture to N−E. A circular embanked enclosure (35-40m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. The enclosure, most…

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In improved pasture, crowning the summit of a hill, which provides good views over the surrounding landscape of undulating grassland, with an expanse of low lying, wet pasture to N−E. A circular embanked enclosure (35-40m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. The enclosure, most likely a rath, has been levelled, but its outline (diam. c. 30-35m) can still be traced at ground level. A well-defined scarp survives SE–SSW, outside which and contiguous with it is a terrace (Wth c. 2-3m) which may preserve part of an original outer fosse or bank. The terrace is bordered on its outer edge by a slight rise and has a scarped external slope; it is now partly disturbed on its outer edge by quarrying. Elsewhere ephemeral undulations define the circuit of the enclosure. A post and wire fence on a NNW−SSE axis crosses the E half of the interior, and the W edge of the enclosure is clipped by a NNW−SSE farm track deeply scarped into the hill slope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA092-054

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Official monument number
MA092-054----
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  • Connacht GAA; photographer not stated, connachtgaa.ie
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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