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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garryduff

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on an E-W ridge in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 26.5m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 3.4m at NE, 5.5m at SW; int H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.6m) of earth and stone. Poorly defined break (Wth. 3.5m) in bank at SE probably represents original entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL012-021

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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.wellwoodmemorials.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
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