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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Faghbane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a N-facing slope and c. 450m SW of a bend in the Flesk River. A raised circular area (diam. 32m) defined by a low discontinuous bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m) with intervening short stretches of scarp, especially along the S arc. The external face of the bank is being eroded at N. Intermittent faint traces of a depression externally may indicate a fosse. The interior, in pasture, slopes down gently to the N. There is a cattle break (Wth 1.2m) in the bank at W. Another rath (KE067-031----) lies c. 90m to the WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE067-089

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maria Teresa Satta, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Neville Goodman, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Spa GAA Club official website; individual photographer not named, spagaa.com
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons, Wikimedia Commons · No restrictions
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • PAUL FARMER, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Marathon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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