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Fairy fort or ringfort in Fortwilliam

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Situated on E facing slope of natural rise in undualting countryside. Circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by poorly preserved bank reduced to a scarp in places with no evidence of a fosse or entrance feature. Interior follows natural slope of rise of ground, located beside Fortwilliam House would suggest that is was used as a possible landscape feature. Possible ringfort that was reused as a tree-ring.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF043-001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • GerardM, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.1 es
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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