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Fairy fort or ringfort in Esker

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Situated on high ground in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area(N-S diam 35m; E-W 32m approx.) enclosed by an earth and stone bank(W 1.50m; Int.H. 1m; ext H. 1m) which is totally destroyed from West to North with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. Field boundary intersects Northern side of site, enclosing bank has several large upright stones in bank construction giving it a cashel like appearance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF006-027

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  • dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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