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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Frankford

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Situated at the SW edge of a N-S ridge in pasture. Raised roughly circular area (40m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.1-6.2m; int. H 0.6-1.1m; ext. H 1.8-2m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m - 6m). At the outer edge of the fosse is a second bank (Wth 3.4-4m; int. H 1-1.4m; ext. H 0.5-1m). A break (Wth 3.6m) in the inner bank at E, with accompanying causeway across the fosse, represents the original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL016-045

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Owen Doody, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Florentchevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mick Garratt, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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