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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Formoyle

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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On a low rise in pasture. Depicted as a subcircular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1977 (SMR file) noted that this possible cashel (c. 65m NE-SW; c. 52m NW-SE) was defined by a substantial drystone wall with traces of a fosse at E. The wall was overgrown with trees and thorn bushes. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 February 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF021-024

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • AndreasDelp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • AmandaMcCrann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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