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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gaddaghanstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Monument surveyed by ASI in 1976 and described as following; 'A small roughly circular low embankment of earth and stone. There are traces of a low bank of earth and stone along its upper edge. This bank is very faint and is best preserved on the N and is virtually absent on the E edge of the embankment which is…

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Monument surveyed by ASI in 1976 and described as following; 'A small roughly circular low embankment of earth and stone. There are traces of a low bank of earth and stone along its upper edge. This bank is very faint and is best preserved on the N and is virtually absent on the E edge of the embankment which is defaced in a number of places by animal tracks but there is no indication of an original entrance. The interior (diam. 27m N-S; 29m E-W) is rather uneven and there is a small rock outcrop to the S of the centre. Other stones are visible just on the surface in the N half of the interior. No internal features are visible. The edge of the embankment is overgrown with trees on the N, E and W. The site is on low ground in good pasture. There is a good view of L. Ennell to the N but the site is overlooked by a high ridge to the S’ (SMR File 17/08/1976).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM032-025

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • MookiePlays, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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